Wild North America 1846

Since the grand celebration of the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne, Emperor Richard has largely transferred power to the cabinet and parliament, reduced interference in imperial policy, and basically remained in a semi-retired state.

Facts have proved that the earth does not affect its rotation when it is away from anyone.

Duke Pan Shouguo, Prime Minister of the Cabinet, gained unprecedented autonomy. Under his leadership, the Tang Empire's economy developed steadily and powerfully, the society was prosperous and stable, its control over the eastern part of North America was further strengthened, and the process of national integration continued to advance.

The experience of the past two years has shown that the imperial government is fully capable of leading social development independently.

nowadays

It is preparing to launch a large-scale colonial war of expansion against the East Indies early next year, and has also obtained the acquiescence of the royal family, and is in the process of intensive war preparations.

after semi-retirement
Emperor Li Cha had more time to interpret the current world situation from a historical perspective, and had a deeper understanding of its inherent inevitability.

The main contradiction in today's world lies in the confrontation between the two major blocs of Europe, Germany, Austria and Italy, and the French and Russian military alliance.

The outbreak and rapid deterioration of the conflict between Britain and Germany has become a new hot spot in the world today, attracting worldwide attention.

This matter originated from the famous telegram sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to Transvaal President Paul Kruger after the Jansen Expedition in 189-5, expressing his warm congratulations. The telegram greatly deteriorated the Anglo-German The relationship prompted Britain to resolve its dispute with the Transvaal by force.

In the eyes of Emperor Li Cha;
The rapid intensification of conflicts between Britain and Germany was both accidental and inevitable, and it took into account the political wisdom of the rulers of both sides.

at this point
William II appeared arrogant and stupid, provoking the bottom line of the British Empire again and again, which made the contradiction between the two sides public, and the hostility between the two peoples rose rapidly. It was not a wise choice anyway.

Even if you are happy in your heart, why bother to send such a telegram to Transvaal President Paul Kruger?
This behavior is tantamount to tearing off the veil of British arrogance and placing it in the ridicule of Europeans. How can the proud British endure such humiliation?

At the end of 189-5, Dr. Johnson, a senior employee of the South African Mining Company in the British colony, led 500 South African company policemen and several machine guns in an attempt to conquer the Transvaal and overthrow the Paul Kruger regime in the Transvaal.

On January 189, 6-1, Jansen's armed forces were surrounded by South African police forces in Kugsdorp. Except for 2 people who were shot dead, the rest, including Jansen, were all captured and imprisoned. This is The "Jensen Incident" became famous all over the world for a while.

Anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see that behind the "Jensen Incident", there is the shadow of Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary, and it is by no means a reckless action without warning.

Dr. Jansen is privately a friend of Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of the British Cape Colony. After sorting out the context, he found that the incident was semi-official.

Emperor Richard viewed the contradiction between Britain and Germany from the perspective of great power competition, and found its inevitability.

Regardless of whether Kaiser Wilhelm II developed such a famous telegram, the friction between Britain and Germany would always be on the verge of full-scale confrontation due to accidents of one kind or another.

Reasonable management and control of differences is an extreme test of the political wisdom of the rulers.

historically

In 1875, Britain produced 47% of the world's pig iron and 38% of steel. Compared with Germany, Britain's pig iron and steel production had about twice the advantage.

However, only six years later, in 6, Tang's steel output surpassed that of Britain. Eighteen years later, in 1881, Germany also surpassed Britain in steel production.

By the end of last year, Germany's steel production had reached 662 million tons, while that of the United Kingdom was only 498 million tons, and the gap between the two sides was widening.

The industrialization process of Germany, the top student in the European economy, is rising like a comet, and it is striding forward to surpass the slow-moving British industry and achieving all-round success.

The two countries were close at hand, and the British had a more intuitive experience of German industrial growth at that time, which came from the large-scale substitution of German exports for British and overseas products.

Between 1890 and last year, British exports to Germany doubled.

But this is only half the value of UK imports from Germany (which have quadrupled during this period). The trade disadvantage is obvious. More and more German-made goods flood the UK market, while British workers lose many jobs. .

Hatred spread among the people, wrote a bestseller "Made in Germany" in 1896;

"A huge commercial nation is rapidly rising at the expense of British prosperity, and is competing with Britain for the supremacy of world trade."

The loss of economic advantages and the humiliation of being challenged for world hegemony have caused German hatred to spread rapidly in the UK.

In June of this year, the British "Times" publicly published anti-German remarks: "If Germany disappeared tomorrow, all the British people in the world would be a little richer. There have been wars between countries for a few years over a city or inheritance. Wouldn't they be at war over a trade worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year? The expansion of the German fleet would only make the British hit them harder, and their ships would soon sink to the bottom of the sea, or be towed to British harbours."

The British media "Saturday Review" declared: "If Britain wants to maintain its Anglo-Saxon national superiority, the nation that threatens Britain needs to be wiped out." "Be prepared to go to war with Germany, because Germany must be destroyed."

In this situation of strong mutual hatred, Kaiser Wilhelm II's famous telegram was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, which instantly detonated the hostility of the British.

The Government of London publicly declared; "If war breaks out against Germany, the Royal Navy will strike first before the opponent reads the declaration of war in the newspapers!
This undisguised hostility, in turn, exacerbated the distrust between the British and German governments, and led to a full-scale confrontation between the two sides.

in this world
No government has dared to ignore the warnings of the British Empire. That would undoubtedly put its own national security in an extremely dangerous situation, and no one could bear the serious consequences brought about by it.

For Germans;

The most dangerous thing is the threat from the sea. The British have the ability to destroy the rapidly developing German Empire Navy.

If you look through history, you will know that the British have a bad record in this regard. Undeclared war is the tradition of the British navy in the privateer era, and its notoriety has spread all over the world.

For example, in 1807, Britain went to war without declaring war, destroying the navy of the neutral country Denmark with a surprise attack, and bombarded Copenhagen, killing more than 2000 citizens in the war.

The British MPs boldly declared;
The attack on Denmark was justified because Britain believed that Denmark might have hostile ideas against Britain.

For Britain, the three words "unnecessary" are enough to start a war.

That is
As long as the UK feels threatened, the UK has the right to eradicate these potential dangers.This is the natural and sacred mission of the British Empire to rule the world. The pretext for launching the war is reasonable and legitimate, and no refutation is accepted.

This bandit logic kept the Germans in constant fear of a preemptive attack on Britain, and further strengthened their original intention of building a powerful navy.

Kaiser Wilhelm II said:

"In the face of (Britain's) self-interest, nothing works but to support the strength it demands."

And such a public statement, apart from angering the British even more, will not have any other positive effects.

Watching the world from the sidelines, Emperor Li Cha discovered that many things were broken by Kaiser Wilhelm II's outspoken and outspoken mouth.

This is true of the relationship between Britain and Germany, so is the relationship between Russia and Germany, and even more so is the relationship between France and Germany, and the same is true for the relationship between Tang and Germany, which is in a twists and turns.

Needless to say, the Anglo-German relationship, the Russian-German relationship, because William II despised the Eastern Slavs from his heart, often spoke wildly, which led to the Tsarist Russian Empire forming an alliance with France in a rage.

think about it

The Treaty of the Three Emperors Alliance of Germany, Austria and Russia had just expired, and Tsarist Russia turned around and signed a military alliance treaty with France, the sworn enemy of the Germans.

The reason is that the matter was broken by William II's broken mouth.

The character of the Russian old man is also very rigid. On the one hand, the Germans look down on them, and on the other hand, the French are so attentive. It is self-evident how to choose.

France and Germany are eternal enemies, so the relationship between Tang and De has always been close, why have there been major twists and turns?
After all
It is still broken by the broken mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The competition between Tang and Germany is mainly reflected in the field of industrial economy. It is a market war in which an emerging European industrial power challenges the old industrial hegemony, and it has spread to many fields.

Germany's comprehensive industrialization process began in 1868 after Prime Minister Bismarck came to power. After winning the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the entire German industry took off in an all-round way.It has attracted the attention of the world with its steep rising line, and has occupied the first place in the world's economic development speed for 27 consecutive years. It can be described as a dazzling new star.

Different from the traditional and conservative steam industry in the United Kingdom, Germany's industrialization has developed in an all-round way, closely following the second wave of industrial revolution represented by electrification and petrochemical industry led by the Tang Dynasty, steam machinery, electrical and chemical industries have developed in an all-round way, and achieved great progress. A remarkable achievement.

Just in the first two quarters of this year, its economic aggregate has surpassed that of the British mainland, temporarily ranking second in the world, second only to the world's economic hegemony, the Datang Empire.

Of course

The United Kingdom does not recognize this indicator, and stubbornly bundles the economic output of 3 million British colonies together. The total amount is indeed much higher than that of Germany. This means that there are no overseas colonies to bully the Germans.

The newly occupied colonies by the Germans in West Africa and East Africa are vast but barren, with more input than output, and no benefits can be seen for the time being.

Just this year, the Germans forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay, but it is also in the stage of massive investment in construction.It was intended to be a model colony for the Germans, and no expense was spared in the construction of the city and docks, which would last for many years.

Back to the topic
Tang, the world's economic hegemon, is different from the United Kingdom. The second world industrial revolution led by it began in 2, and by the end of this century, it has fully affected all industries in the industrial field, and its development has become more and more in-depth.

In terms of the start of industrialization, it was 20 years earlier than the Germans.

In terms of the comprehensiveness and advanced nature of industrialization, the Germans can't catch up with the horses. Whether it is the European market or the world market, they are firmly suppressed and rubbed against them.

The British were defeated by the Germans in the industrial field. It was the conservatism and inaction of the British. They clinging to the one-acre three-point land in the steam industry and completely looked down on the emerging industries represented by the electrification and chemical industries. Related emerging industries Industrial development is extremely slow in the UK.

The large-scale entry of German industrial products is to solve the problem of availability and win by cheap.

Tangguo industrial products occupy the mid-to-high-end market in the UK and Europe, regardless of thermal power stations, hydropower stations, large-scale complete sets of electrical equipment for factories and enterprises, rail locomotives, agricultural machinery, mid-to-high-end machine tools, special steel, automobiles and rubber, petrochemical products, coal , tin, silver, aluminum ingots, copper ore powder, petrochemical products represented by kerosene, diesel oil, lubricating oil, bicycles and plastic daily products, grain, oil, frozen meat red wine, various meats and canned fresh food Wait, Tang Guo's products have an absolute advantage in controlling the market.

Tang Guo's industrial products win by quality and resources, and solve the problem of whether they can be better.

Generally speaking

Developed 20 years ahead of schedule, Tangguo's industrial products have occupied the world's mid-to-high-end market, which is more lucrative, and have an advantage in almost all industrial categories. It is a question of how much advantage it has.

Germany is competitive in a few fields such as shipbuilding, coal and steel, because it has ceded Alsace and Lorraine in France, which are regions with rich coal and steel reserves. Cheaper prices dump the market.

Relatively speaking, the price of steel products exported by Tang State is higher and the quality is better.

Needless to say
Price is always the only magic weapon in market competition. Germany has occupied a considerable part of the European market by virtue of this, and its own development has also been mixed like a fish in water.

However, with the development of Germany's current economic scale, there have been obvious market bottlenecks.

Reflected in the economic growth rate, Germany has dropped to an average annual growth rate of 6.5% to 7% in recent years, which is not far from the Tang Empire's average annual economic growth rate of 5.6% to 6.2%, and there is no obvious advantage.

Due to the huge gap in economic size between the two sides, the Datang Empire is more than double the total economic volume of Germany, and the average annual increase is far from comparable to that of Germany, which is a huge obstacle that is difficult to overcome on its development path.

The repeated setbacks in market competition have caused many German businessmen to complain, and the accusations against Tang have become more extreme and emotional, which has had a huge negative effect on the close relationship between the two countries.

some of

When Kaiser Wilhelm II inspected the Krupp Industrial Company, he blurted out in dissatisfaction;

"Those yellow-skinned Orientals in Tang are shameless thieves. They stole the essence of Western culture and cunningly used it for their own economic development. This is a serious problem that the entire Western world must face."

"They are greedy and cruelly squeeze the blood and sweat of people of all ethnic groups in the world to gain benefits. This is an unacceptable behavior."

"Currently the biggest problem we face is to defeat and firmly step down the Tang country's competitors in order to win the final victory."

His intention was to encourage the development of German industry, and this crap mouth turned crooked as he spoke, launching crazy and discriminatory ethnic attacks without any prior warning.

Kaiser Wilhelm II is now like a wild horse running wild on a dangerous road after losing the restraint of Prime Minister Bismarck.

As soon as his remarks were made public, they immediately caused an uproar in the public opinion circles on both sides of the Atlantic, causing ups and downs out of thin air.

At this time, the former Prime Minister Bismarck, who was lingering on the sick bed, commented on his monarch in this way, saying: "I can foresee that within 20 years after my death, Wilhelm II will bring Germany into the abyss of destruction, and he will also From then on, I lost my throne."

The so-called words come true, the former Prime Minister Bismarck who had insight into the world unfortunately got it right.

In No. 19 years after his death, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was overthrown by the domestic people, was burdened with the infamy of defeat, and fled to Denmark in panic all day long, taking shelter under the protection of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. This is a later story .

The unpredictable character of Kaiser Wilhelm II is also reflected in his arrogant expansion and colonial attitude.

The Tang Empire has already learned about it through secret channels;

In order to remove obstacles to Germany's expansion in the Pacific region, Wilhelm II and his admirals formulated a series of operational plans to attack the Republic of New York, occupy port cities such as Boston, and invade the Republic of Carolina and the Republic of Florida.

In the end, the plan was not implemented due to "too great difficulty" and "difficulty obtaining the permission of the Tang Dynasty". It can only be kept as a military secret file in the heavily guarded naval archives in the southern German city of Freiburg.

The relationship between Tang and Germany has been severely tested because of Kaiser Wilhelm II's outrageous words. Foreign Minister Viscount Lin Feng once responded angrily to this;
"It's really unimaginable; someone would call the empire's countless new inventions and achievements in the industrial field plagiarism. This kind of inversion of black and white is astonishingly shameless."

"You can't plagiarize something that never existed, it's just ridiculous."

"This will undoubtedly cause serious damage to the relationship between the two countries. The government will continue to pay attention to the development of the situation and take all necessary resolute measures to safeguard the interests of the country from damage."

Datang did not overreact to Kaiser Wilhelm II's speech, but issued a faint warning.As a result, a war of words across the Atlantic broke out between the two countries, which made European countries happy to be melon-eating audiences.

different from germany

The Tang Empire has always been boring and rich, just doing nothing, not boasting how much it has surpassed the United Kingdom, how many new colonies it has obtained, and how much it is ahead of the United Kingdom and the world in the industrial and academic fields, to deliberately stimulate other countries .

After the twists and turns in the relationship between the two countries, some imperial officials said;
Kaiser Wilhelm II had a straight temper and didn't know how to turn corners. He didn't need to be too serious about what he said at the moment, and he didn't need to be too fussy.

This part of the officials of the Tang Empire was directly slapped on the head by His Majesty the Emperor, and ordered to reprimand;
Some government officials have their hearts in Cao Ying and their hearts in Han, so they should be ordered to apologize and resign immediately, and they will never be hired.

In his position, he doesn't care about his own affairs, he doesn't care about the well-being of the people of the empire, such an official's ass is sitting crookedly, what's the use of it?

From June to September, a large number of government officials and some aristocrats who expressed similar views resigned sadly. This quickly shocked the atmosphere in the imperial officialdom, and the external caliber became more unified.

Unconsciously

There are fewer and fewer German officials in the imperial government. Many German officers in the imperial army retired early. German mid-level and senior staff in the imperial judiciary and police departments were transferred or resigned one after another. German politicians in various parties The foreground is also cast in a heavy shadow.

After the serious twists and turns in the relationship between Tang and Germany, the right of German immigrants to speak in the imperial society was greatly reduced, and this invisible exclusion is still going on.

From the perspective of the upper echelons of the empire

It is enough for German immigrants to play a role in the academic, cultural, and economic circles. As for powerful departments such as the military, police, and judiciary, the center of the empire, and local administrative agencies in provinces and cities, it is not appropriate to be contaminated with too much German color, so as not to affect the unified foreign policy. sound.

Again, the strategy of the Tang Empire has always been to do nothing but talk.

nowadays

Revisiting His Majesty's close and friendly policy towards Britain in history, I have to admire the foresight, which has guaranteed the stable and rapid development of the Tang Empire for decades in the international environment.

Take the Yukon problem in the North

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Tang Empire has had a strong interest in the northern Yukon Territory, and has continued to strengthen the influence of Chinese descent, making it occupy an absolute dominant position in the entire Yukon Territory.

But the Tang Empire attached great importance to the opinion of the British, and would never take any action to provoke the British and include this piece of territory into the empire's territory.

For more than ten years, Chang'an and London repeatedly bargained, repeatedly emphasizing not to interfere in the democratic referendum process in various regions of British Canada, and not to seek to interfere in Canadian affairs by various means including force.

After four British prime ministers before and after, the Tang Empire finally reached an agreement with London to pay the Harvey armor steel patent, the new trigger fuze warhead patent, the new yellow high-explosive patent and a series of political concessions in exchange for the British acquiescence to the British government. The final result of the empty area voluntarily joining the territory of the Datang Empire through a democratic referendum process.

This is why the UK did not pay much attention to the high-latitude cold region of the Yukon, which allowed the Tang Empire to succeed in connecting Alaska with the mainland of the empire, which was an under-the-table deal.

There are too many similar examples. The Tang Empire allowed the British forces to intervene everywhere in North America, Central America and South America. Could it be that they were powerless to stop it?

the answer is negative.

The reason why they acquiesced to the reckless actions of the British forces was that in the foreign policy of the Tang Empire, they always insisted on maintaining a close ally relationship with Britain as the main line, and avoided deteriorating bilateral relations due to some trivial matters.

While the British North America, Central America and South America are constantly provoking disputes, the Datang Empire silently enters into one new colony after another, silently continues to emigrate, and silently continues to expand...

looking back decades later

From North America to Central America and South America, the regional disputes that Britain intervened in have become the new colonies of the Tang Empire. There are more and more Chinese immigrants, and the regional influence is growing, and the room for intervening is getting smaller and smaller. , the American hegemony of the Datang Empire has been continuously strengthened and consolidated...

In the end, Britain provoked a loneliness.

Nowadays, even the Republic of Carolina, which is closest to the United Kingdom, has to make major adjustments in its policies, showing its goodwill to the Tang Empire in an all-round way, and expressing its obedience with humility.

These southerners also know to be afraid. Looking around the entire American region now, it seems that they will be the next thorn in the hands of the Tang Empire, and there will be no second place.

Against such a terrifying and huge empire, its forces surrounded the Carolina Republic from the west, south, and north, and the threat from the Atlantic Ocean to the east was more direct, scaring the southerners up at night.

I'm afraid that when I wake up one morning, the tide-like army of the Tang Empire will have surrounded Richmond, and that will really be the end of the world.

Unable to bear it any longer, the Republic of Carolina knelt down in front of the smiling but vicious Tang Empire.

The country has sent a diplomatic delegation to negotiate with the empire and is willing to sign the Florida version of the military-political alliance treaty between the two countries.

In this way, it is tantamount to falling to the Tang Empire in an all-round way, giving up important domestic port areas to be designated as long-term military bases, and there is no chance to regret it in the future.

It is precisely because the Tang Empire is good at controlling differences in interests and tries its best to cooperate with the UK in international affairs. Even if the total economic volume exceeds that of the UK, it does not make a lot of publicity and does not stimulate the sensitive nerves of the British.

This series of actions, coupled with the long distance across the Atlantic Ocean, prevented the British from overreacting to the rise of the Tang Empire, and often hesitated to contain it or not to contain it...

such a delay
The Tang Empire has developed rapidly, and its physique is getting bigger and stronger. Simply suppressing it is not in the interests of the United Kingdom, and it can only be inclined to cooperate.

When the Tang State showed that humans and animals were harmless (note, maintaining a reasonable military scale and not developing transatlantic attack capabilities), European powers such as France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia were unwilling to work with the United Kingdom to contain it based on their own interests and international political considerations. Tang country.

The country of Tang is on the other side of the Atlantic, is that necessary?
Thanks to the development of communications and the backwardness of navigation and transportation in today's era, the country of Tang on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean seems to be at the end of another world, and it is difficult for Europeans to feel a realistic sense of threat.

This bought precious time for Datang's rise, and he has grown into a giant in a trance.

The situation in Germany is different. It is located at the crossroads of Central and Western Europe, facing the United Kingdom across the narrow English Channel, and the distance is too close.

Even if you turned around and snored, the Brits on the other side of the strait could hear it, and the surrounding countries such as France and Russia were even more hostile, and the strategic environment was much worse.

Coupled with such an outspoken Kaiser Wilhelm II, it would be strange if the conflict did not intensify!

The overall deterioration of the relationship between Britain and Germany has set off a wave of hatred against Germany in the British mainland.

Seeing such a big reaction from the UK, the current Kaiser Wilhelm II also regrets it very much. He expressed his deep regret in a letter to his grandmother, Queen Victoria.

But if you say it, can you still pick it up?

His status is as noble as Kaiser Wilhelm II, and his public speeches will become the basis of Germany's foreign policy. How can he just talk about it?
It has been seven years since he was in power in 1890, and he is not a baby. It is hard to believe that he was a slip of the tongue.

Coupled with Germany's vigorous development of naval power, this makes the British always feel that it contains deep malice, and they have confirmed their attempts to conspire.

Any justification will only get darker and darker.

(End of this chapter)