Cutting 1719

Chapter 668

In May of the 16th year of innovation, Tangshan, Nanjing.

"It seems that the life of the British is really difficult."

Ning Yu had the Chinese translation of the British "Weekly News" spread out in his hands, with a strange look on his face. He found that the inertia of history was advancing as before, just like the struggle between Britain and France for the hegemony of the European continent. A threat in the east can be eliminated.

It seems that this battle has to be fought. Maybe one battle is not enough, and several battles are needed.

In fact, because Ning Yu didn't know much about Western history, he only knew about the famous Seven Years' War between Britain and France, but he didn't know that the Anglo-Spanish War and the Austrian Throne War itself were also products of this big contradiction, but These two wars were carried out around peripheral interests, and did not involve the core between Britain and France. In addition, they did not directly determine the ownership of hegemony, so they appear to have a relatively small reputation.

It can be said that even the end of the Seven Years War between Britain and France did not directly bring about the end of this great contradiction, until the end of the American War of Independence, the French Revolution broke out and Louis XVI was hanged, and Napoleon reached its peak when he came to power, until Napoleon It failed completely, and the more than 100-year hegemony struggle between Britain and France came to an end.

Therefore, throughout the 18th century, the main theme surrounding the West was the struggle between Britain, France and their allies, such as Prussia, Spain, and even Russia, were more of a supporting role in this great era.

Now after seeing this newspaper flying across the sea, Ning Yu suddenly realized on the one hand, and on the other hand couldn't help but be overjoyed, fight, fight to your heart's content, after you finish fighting, you will understand what is the iron fist justice from the East.

The Chief Assistant Song Enming couldn't close his mouth with a smile. He said softly, "Judging from the current situation, the British are indeed in a state of distress. They were secretly promoting the 'Yellow Peril Theory', and there is still a tendency to use these Western ideas. The misfortune has brought the thoughts of the Eastern battlefield."

"That's right, not only them, even many people in the country expressed their intention to cross the Ural Mountains and lay a large territory for the empire. Whether these people are loyal to the country or have ulterior motives, I think Yousi should check it out. Don’t let any of the great loyal ministers go.”

As soon as Ning Yu thought of this, he became angry. For those who deliberately contradicted him at this juncture, he would naturally not be too polite, and simply dealt with a large number of people, including many generals in the military. In addition, the Press and Publishing Department has also ordered the suspension of some newspapers and periodicals, which can be described as a moderate storm.

Since Ning Yu held a meeting in the State Council last time, it was equivalent to expressing his own ideas and future strategies. Those who are still pretending to be stupid at this time must not have the same heart with him as the emperor. Since they are not, then no matter whether these people have Ability, there is only one result.

Song Enming also nodded lightly. Due to his status as chief assistant, he can't do many things at will. He is naturally grateful for the emperor's support this time. Under the emperor's mind, but don't even think about it, how many fools are there in the world who have made it this far?
Everyone is afraid to speak out, but it doesn’t mean that they think so in their hearts. Ning Yu never thinks that playing this way can make things go well. If the image from top to bottom is not daring to take responsibility, then the state affairs will naturally not need much carry.

Ning Yu paused for a moment, then continued to speak: "We still have to continue to win over France. I am going to let the eldest son of the emperor be the head of the mission, and the right servants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Xie Dachun and Ernst will be the deputy heads of the mission. They will go to Europe , to visit all the countries, so that the eldest son of the emperor can see the situation outside."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Song Enming probably understood what the emperor meant. In fact, this time the eldest son of the emperor went to Europe, not really to talk about something. For a country that is more advanced and powerful than yours, the so-called 'yellow peril theory' is nonsense.

Of course, those countries that spread the 'yellow peril theory' secretly will not be reconciled, but this has also achieved the effect Ning Yu wanted, at least it can show those calm Europeans that a country that can communicate, no matter what Nor will it be the Mongolian iron cavalry who used the horse and scimitar back then.

With this guarantee, although the 'yellow peril theory' will not fade away, it will eventually let other people see the difference in public opinion, which is enough to prevent more people from desperately fighting for the same empty 'yellow peril', especially It is because the threat at home is getting bigger and bigger, they will only see the status quo in front of them.

Whether it is the aggressive France or the old and new Spain, at this time, they are constantly provoking the fragile nerves of the British. Ning Yu never believes that the British will ignore the conflicts at home and deal with them. Sometimes as long as Mossad secretly propagandizes, the direction of public opinion will point to the Franco-Spanish alliance.

After Song Enming withdrew, Ning Yu fell into a trance, and he suddenly cursed secretly: "Fucking old man, I couldn't go abroad to study at Clayton University, but now it's a good thing, this little bastard is already an adult. Started to visit abroad, this is the real Versailles."

In June, an ad hoc delegation was soon formed, some of whom were attachés from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the rest were from other departments of the cabinet, including several representatives sent by the Privy Council. I will accompany the delegation to investigate the current political, economic, cultural and military aspects of European countries, and will form a very large database.

Compared with Ernst's previous activities in Europe, this time the Great Chu visit to Europe is more formal and larger in size, and has attracted the attention of many people. Ning Yu directly asked the navy to allocate the "Nanjing" as a mission. ship, and dispatched a fleet as an escort to protect the mission to Europe.

However, on the day when the mission was about to set off, many curious people gathered in front of the Shanghai pier. However, when the escort fleet appeared in everyone's sight, many people expressed a question from their hearts. What kind of threat on the road is worthy of dispatching such a huge fleet by the Chu Navy?
That's right, after more than ten years of refitting, the current Da Chu Navy has finally changed its guns from shotguns. All the dilapidated and old Chinese warships have been replaced with all new soft sail warships. More than forty main battleships are equipped with The artillery loaded is also a new type of large-caliber artillery after ten years of innovation, and the power of the flowering bullets has also been significantly enhanced, and the overall combat effectiveness is incomparable.

The escort fleet that appears right now is a huge fleet composed of one first-class warship, four second-class warships, and sixteen third-class warships, plus a large number of auxiliary warships, making this escort fleet capable of Disregarding most countries, except for traditional maritime powers like Britain, France and the Netherlands, the navies of other countries are really not enough.

"Boom boom-"

Following the sixteen gun salutes, the eldest son of the emperor Ning Chengze, wearing a red tuanlong suit with a saber hanging from his waist, walked up to Emperor Ning step by step, and saluted dignifiedly.

"Reporting to the emperor, the children will definitely live up to the great trust of the father, do their best to complete the mission, and live up to the high expectations of the father."

Looking at the heroic Ning Chengze in front of him, Ning Yu couldn't help but stroked his beard with a smile, he helped up his eldest son who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "Chengze, you grew up with Da Chu , now it has been sixteen years since Dachu, and you are 16 years old, you should also go out and see the customs and customs of other countries. Deep thinking, and this will also become your precious wealth in governing the world in the future."

"Yes, my lord knows." Ning Chengze bowed again in a dignified manner. He didn't perform any tricks of crying before leaving, but everyone could see the reluctance in his eyes.

Looking at his growing son, Ning Yu couldn't help but feel a little emotional. As a father, he naturally has many worries and expectations for his children, but as an emperor, he is not only responsible for the role of father, he Anything you do requires more in-depth thinking, otherwise it will never be a good thing for your son.

In fact, from the very beginning, Ning Yu has always avoided getting involved in the things and interests of the inner and outer courts, and even cut off the hand of the outer court to the inner court by refusing to accept concubines and completely separating the finances of the inner and outer courts. To avoid intrigue in the inner court for the succession in the future.

It has to be said that Ning Yu's cleanliness and decisiveness have indeed had a very good effect. Up to now, no one has dared to try to obtain benefits by seeking to establish a prince. This also makes Ning Yu's education of the prince more pure. Just like the establishment of the Royal Public School, the essence is a denial of traditional royal education. He has had enough of the emperor's tricks, and he is unwilling to continue these to his heirs.

As the future king of Great Chu, who will lead hundreds of millions of people in the world, his every move will attract the attention of the whole world. How can he be a small person who is obsessed with court intrigues?He should open his mind to embrace the world and govern the country with a more confident attitude. Only in this way can he live up to Ning Yu's high hopes.

As Fan Ying faded away, the future successor of Da Chu embarked on a long voyage with unprecedented confidence, but at this time, the emperor and ministers of Da Chu had to face a difficult problem—still the problem of currency.

As early as more than ten years ago, the currency of Dachu has undergone earth-shaking changes. The establishment of the gold and silver standard system has made Dachu's financial foundation much stronger, laying the foundation for tax reform, and thus realizing Dachu's financial revenue. The economy has grown year by year, the economy has burst out with great vitality, and the development of the industrial revolution has been further promoted. It can be said that in the past ten years, Dachu has taken a road equivalent to the past hundreds of years.

But here comes the problem. With the development of Dachu’s surrounding areas, the business community has also aggressively entered these countries, and capital will also drive currency into these countries, and Dachu’s mature and stable gold, silver and copper coins have also been recognized by these markets. , causing a large amount of Chu currency to be lost to these countries. In the words of later generations, it is the internationalization of currency.

From the perspective of future generations, currency internationalization is naturally a great thing, just as the US dollar is often used as an international currency to settle commodities, the most typical is oil, and all countries that use US dollars for settlement are in Invisibly, the United States has lost a layer of wool, and in order to maintain the value of the US dollar they hold, these countries will actively maintain the exchange rate of the US dollar.

And in the follow-up, after the U.S. dollar became a recognized international currency, all countries that use the U.S. dollar were kidnapped into the U.S. dollar system. On that day, even if the U.S. dollar is issued in large quantities, it will not cause the domestic market to collapse. Foreign markets are actively propping up the value of the U.S. dollar—this is the benefit of an internationalized currency, which can transfer domestic financial inflationary pressures in this way.

But for today's Dachu, the internationalization of currency is not a completely good thing. The reason is very simple. After all, the dollar is made of paper and is completely decoupled from gold and silver. The current currency is a metal coin directly minted with gold and silver, so a little reserve cannot face the current increasingly expanding market pressure. Even if Da Chu has occupied all the sources of gold and silver in Asia, it cannot last forever.

Through the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the later generations, Ning Yu actually understood that this is by no means human power to stop it, but it was not until the [-]th century that human beings began to choose to get rid of the reserve currency by decoupling from gold and silver. Insufficient problems, but in the process, the defects of pure gold and silver coins are clearly seen by people.

In later generations, it was pointed out at that time that the Bretton Woods system used a country's currency as the main international reserve currency. In the case of stagnant gold production, the supply of international reserves depends entirely on the balance of payments of the United States, that is, the balance of payments of the United States. The balance of payments of the United States maintained a surplus, and the international reserve assets were not enough to meet the needs of the development of international trade. However, the United States maintained a deficit in the balance of payments, and the international reserve assets were surplus. The US dollar was in crisis, which endangered the international monetary system.

It can be said that this internal contradiction that cannot be resolved at all has determined the instability of the Bretton Woods system itself.

When faced with this predicament, neither Ning Yu himself nor the Great Chu cabinet has any particularly good solution. You must know that if you have not achieved global hegemony and cannot really kidnap the global economy, you should take the lead in abandoning gold and silver. Currency will only cause the economy to collapse completely, because people will not recognize paper, they will only recognize solid gold and silver. At that time, the capital that has been developed in the country with great difficulty will either flow out or go bankrupt.

Therefore, it is a dead end for anyone to directly engage in credit currency in this era.

(End of this chapter)