Wild North America 1846

Chapter 608
London
Prime Minister William has been worrying about the Tang Empire's invasion of Colombia recently. The latest news of the construction of the [-]-ton "Duke" class ironclad ship has stimulated his sensitive nerves even more.

"Has the Royal Navy conducted a risk assessment on this matter? Combined with the current world situation, unusual messages are frequently coming from North America, which makes me deeply anxious." British Prime Minister Lord William Ewart Gladstone said with a gloomy face. A trace of irritability flashed in his eyes.

Lord George Stephen, Secretary of the Admiralty replied;

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have noticed relevant news. The Tang State plans to build a total of six 1.1-ton Duke series warships. It is expected that all of them will be completed and put into service in early 6. The speed is about one a year.

This has been discussed in depth by the Royal Navy and is generally considered not to pose a challenge.This is based on the size of Tang's existing fleet and geographical factors. I personally agree with this opinion.

Compared with the construction speed of 3-4 346-ton iron-clad warships in the Great British Empire every year, and a total of [-] warships, the Tang State is not yet capable of challenging the Royal Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.

On the other side of the Atlantic, even the loudest voice is barely transmitted.

As a traditional leader in the world's seas, the Royal Navy is interested in seeing some of the emerging contenders, including Don, France and Germany, make our world's seas livelier.

In fact

We can show concern, but for the maverick Tang, I am afraid it will not have much effect.

When the Prime Minister and the French secretly divided the world, they did not take into account the interests of the world powers, including Tang, and they reacted in a fit of anger, which is completely understandable.

What we see now should be a series of signals reflected in this way. "

Your sister... Is it my fault?
The analysis of soldiers is generally more rational. They don’t have as many conspiracies and extravagances as politicians, and they don’t take threats 10 or even 20 or 30 years from now. Can we survive that time?

Hearing the answer from the Secretary of the Admiralty, Prime Minister William almost got angry, but there was nothing he could do.

The Royal Navy of the British Empire is the darling of Queen Victoria, a sacred residence shared by the whole of the UK, the glory of the British Empire, and the pride of all British people.

Its status is high, and the development strategy of the Royal Navy is not something that the Prime Minister can only do for a few months at the shortest, and it is extremely independent.

Seeing that no answer could be found from the Secretary of the Admiralty, the Prime Minister, Lord William Ewart Gladstone, turned his head to look at William Cecil, the Secretary of the Colonial Department, and asked; What do you want to say?"

"There is a piece of advice, we can express our anger and dissatisfaction, but we must not interfere lightly, let alone destroy the relationship between the two countries." William Cecil shrugged, but the weight of what he said was very heavy.

In this round of world economic crisis, in order to protect the domestic market, Britain was also forced to raise customs duties, blocking the Tang Empire's various cotton cloth, canned food and various daily chemical products from the market.

The two countries competed to raise customs tariffs and set restrictions on each other, which made the originally close relationship far more distant.

Coupled with the secret division of the world territory by the upper echelons of Britain and France, this undoubtedly made Datang extremely angry. You have to let people vent their emotions, right?
That's the way things are, don't read too much into it.

As for standing on the commanding heights of justice and axiom and shouting for Colombia, hehe...

Stop making trouble, wash up and sleep!

The British launched foreign aggression and colonial wars almost every year, trampled on international justice and axioms, expanded and oppressed third world countries unscrupulously, and destroyed one ancient country after another.

He was a bandit with bloody hands, how could he have the face to accuse another bandit?

"The British Empire must express its high concern, and hopes that Tang, as an active participant in the world order, will take its due responsibilities in order to maintain regional stability and world peace, and restrain the urge to expand and colonize." Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone The Lord shamelessly made a request, and ordered the cabinet secretary, Robert Jr., to draft a telegram, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs actively negotiated with the Datang government, asking them to explain their South American foreign policy.

Given the current bad relationship between the two countries, he knew that doing so would not have much effect, but something had to be done.

Now that the British Empire is in the glorious period of Victoria, the whole world has to be involved. Even if a dung truck passes by the door, what is it like to touch it with your hands?

How can you turn a blind eye to something as big as the invasion of Colombia?

Colombia is the traditional territory of the Spaniards, and the British influence in South America is more focused on Suriname in the east, Cuba and Dominica in the Caribbean Sea, and has more economic exchanges with Brazil, Argentina and Chile, that's all.

South American countries such as Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia are themselves backward agricultural countries. The amount of foreign trade is so small that it is negligible, and they have almost no dealings with the United Kingdom.

This is because South American countries have endured hundreds of years of white colonial rule, and they are generally wary of Europeans. If everyone looks like a robber, there is no good thing.

Of course, this also includes the Tang Empire.

The foreign policies of these South American countries are generally closed and conservative. Not to mention taking the initiative to carry out trade and diplomacy with Europe, they all have strong resistance to the unified South American market and are at odds with the outside world.

The world's powers have always adopted brutal and direct countermeasures against closed and conservative countries, which is to open the door to the market with guns...

From this perspective
The Tang Empire is an outstanding student who came up with the correct answer and used standard countermeasures. There is no reason why Europeans can do this, but I can't!

Datang Empire
Daming Palace Chang'an

It was already late October 1873 when the emperor returned to Chang'an, the imperial capital after half a year's absence.

The conquest of Colombia in the south completely inspired the enthusiasm of the Tang Empire's subjects, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people was high.At the same time, there is an atmosphere of self-respecting heaven and kingdom, which is as mellow as fine wine.

The enthusiasm that had been aroused for a long time completely exploded when Sheng Jia returned to Beijing. There were as many as 10 people along the way from Chang'an Railway Station to Daming Palace, waving imperial flags and imperial logo flags in their hands to welcome Sheng Jia back to Beijing.

This kind of spontaneous and grand scene of the people shocked Emperor Li Cha greatly, and he also deeply felt the love and affection of his subjects.

That strong sense of accomplishment filled his chest, and he felt a little dizzy for a while.

A few days later

At the regular imperial meeting, Prime Minister Dong Jie specifically mentioned the concerns of Britain, Germany and other countries. Although their focus is different, they also need to be properly responded to one by one.

Regarding these matters, Emperor Li Cha did not comment, but just waved his hand to move on to the next topic.

All the ministers in the cabinet immediately brightened their hearts;

The Holy Majesty is already impatient with these scenes, and the empire does not need to worry about the perception of these European powers, just deal with it with Tai Chi.

The change in the Holy Majesty's attitude meant that the foreign policy of the Tang Empire was becoming tougher, and a series of changes followed.

Being in it, the cabinet ministers can feel this significant policy change even more.I couldn't help secretly delighting in my heart, which also indicated the strength of the empire, and everyone present was honored.

Since the founding of the Tang Empire, 27 years have passed in a hurry.

Every change in imperial policy means a further step in strength and a rapid rise in international status.

This group of veterans who followed His Majesty to expand the territory felt especially deeply. The gray-haired minister without ministry, Count Juan Carlos, had the most say. He was the minister of foreign affairs in the first government.

From a small country on the west coast that was originally dependent on people, it was repeatedly invaded by the United States of America in the early days of its founding, and it was always in a precarious situation.

Over the years, step by step, I witnessed the empire's continuous expansion of territory, launched one foreign colonial war after another, and finally laid down this huge and powerful empire. The heartfelt pride and heavy sense of accomplishment overflowed my chest.

All kinds of complicated emotions were accumulated in my heart, and broke out at the moment His Majesty waved his hand impatiently, and wept silently.

Count Juan Carlos' sudden outburst of emotion surprised the monarchs and ministers who were discussing matters, they couldn't help but stop talking, and cast their attention on him.

Count Juan Carlos stood up with tears in his eyes and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude.

Looking back on the 27 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the history of hardships and brilliance intertwined, the old minister can't help but feel proud of the prosperity of the empire from the bottom of his heart, and feel extremely proud.

Veteran, this is tears of excitement, I finally saw that the Great Tang Empire has become one of the world's top powers, I... I..."

Speaking of here
Juan Carlos was so choked up that he couldn't continue speaking, but his emotions strongly infected all the ministers, many of them had wet eyes, and some of them turned their heads and quietly wiped away their tears.

The emperor Li Cha who was sitting at the top was also silent when he heard the words, and after a pause, he said;

"The current glorious and prosperous situation of the empire is inseparable from the joint efforts and hard work of the monarchs and thousands of subjects.

Hu An Aiqing's feelings, I and all the ministers and workers feel the same way.

Reminisce about the past
The achievements of today's empire inspire us to continue to forge ahead, and hope that all lovers will follow in my footsteps and jointly create a new glorious chapter for the Great Tang Empire. "

"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers are willing to attach their tails to participate in this grand event." All the ministers responded loudly, and their emotions boiled over for a while.

Looking at the situation where all the will is united in the court hall, Li Cha couldn't help but smiled with relief.

As long as the Tang Empire maintains such a spirit, the whole court will be united, so why worry about the empire not thriving?
Now he has a sense of relief that the old father and children are full of children, all of whom are heroes of the moment, and that kind of dizzy feeling of being slightly drunk hits his heart again.

(End of this chapter)