The sun never sets in America

Chapter 165 Diplomatic War
new mexico...

The northern territory of the Republic of Mexico is also called the Province of New Mexico, and is also called the New Mexico region by the Han people. However, no matter how you say it, this area is legally considered the legal territory of the Republic of Mexico.

In today's era when the boundaries between countries are becoming more and more clear, it is legal from the perspective of international law. (The so-called international law at present is actually a rule used to divide the spheres of influence between several big countries and restrict the behavior of both parties. It is mainly concentrated in the Eurasian continent, which has a long history and is the center of world civilization, and a small number of areas in the Americas. Mexico happens to be one of them. part of this international system)

But now the Mexican territory has been wantonly invaded by the Americans, who have wantonly occupied the territory of the Republic of Mexico. Morally, the Americans cannot stand upright, but the land of America is far away from the Eurasian continent, let alone the center of the world. The European countries where we are located, basically those European countries, have a feeling of indifference to what is happening in Mexico.

Occasionally, a few countries stand up to persuade peace, such as Austria and Tsarist Russia.

(Tsarist Russia: If there wasn’t a piece of Alaska in America, I would stand up??)
But these countries basically show their presence. For example, the French even withdrew their embassy in Mexico City. What do you mean, don't you mean that they are not optimistic that the Mexicans can win next? ?
This time the Americans clearly want to annex the entire Republic of Mexico. By then, there may be no country like Mexico in the world. What are you doing in the Republic of Mexico, waiting to watch the US military's entry ceremony in Mexico City? ?

Compared to the unreliable French, the British's reaction was much more intense.

After the United States used the Texas massacre to propagandize against the Republic of Mexico, the British Minister in Washington immediately made an appointment with U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster. (This person was born in the Whig Party, which later became the Republican Party)

After meeting with Daniel Webster, British Minister Teleman asked directly: "Your Excellency Secretary of State, your country's current behavior has completely destroyed the hard-won peace in America, and the British Empire expresses deep regret for this." "Concerned..." What is deep concern is a warning to the Americans not to do anything wrong, because when the British interests are touched, it will be difficult to handle.

"Dear Mr. Minister, I wonder if you have heard about the massacre in Texas??" Daniel Webster looked at the British Minister Telleman and asked unhurriedly.

"Six hundred legal Texans and legal American citizens died under the brutal butchery of the Mexicans..." Daniel Webster told the British Minister Teleman with an angry expression about the massacre that shocked the United States. Massacre, "Children lose their parents, wives lose their husbands, and they even crucify those poor women. Mr. Minister, if this happens in London or Oxford, how will the British Empire feel?" ?" Daniel Webster looked excited and danced as he questioned British Minister Telleman. He even shed tears when talking about the women who were crucified, as if he was really sad for them.

(The so-called Outer Texas Massacre was a bloody incident in a local U.S. cross-border reclamation town that occurred three days before the war. This incident was also the trigger for the hawkishization of the United States. It was also during this war that the United States What the hawks claim is to give blood for blood and make the Mexicans pay the price)

(Actually, this massacre broke out so suddenly that even the Mexicans themselves didn’t know it. When their people arrived at the scene, everyone had been killed, as if quietly, before the Mexicans could react. , this matter was spread everywhere by the media in Washington and New York. The New York Times even typed it in the headline, "Let Mexicans feel the anger of the United States of America, with a blood-red headline")

(Hawks also quickly advocated the war against Mexico and the benefits of this war to the United States. The current president of the United States, John Taylor, was originally a dove who wanted to ease relations with China. He was abruptly rejected by Texas this time. The massacre forced the hawks to become tough on Mexico and Han)

"Yes, we mourn for the Texans, but we should not use war to solve the problem. You can even ask the Mexicans to compensate, how about ten thousand dollars per person??" Until this time, British Minister Teller Mann was still working hard to preserve the Republic of Mexico, "Your Excellency Secretary of State, I must remind you that this war will not get European support. Both you and the United States should understand that without the British Empire and without European support, you will not be able to win the war." Whatever you do is illegal!!" Seeing that easing up was useless, British Minister Teleman simply threatened Daniel Webster with a diplomatic blockade.

This is the only thing the British can do at present. In fact, the British have another way, and that is to use the Han Dynasty. If it were the original situation, the British would be very willing to watch a dog-eat-dog war between China and the United States, but now it is not possible.

Because in the British American strategy revised by Queen Victoria at the beginning of this year, the United States should be a tripartite situation. Two powers competing for hegemony, or even a unipolar pattern, are not in the interests of the British. Only the three countries' mutual restraint is in line with the British Empire. Interests.

The two powers are the second choice. If the tripartite coexistence can be guaranteed, the UK will give priority to North America to form a situation where Han, the United States and Mexico coexist. This is completely different from the UK's early abandonment of Mexico.

The reason is that the Han Kingdom is developing too fast. The British can no longer guarantee that the Han Kingdom will continue to listen to the British in the future, and the United States is an ambitious country. Only Mexico is the best to control it. This is also the recent Han-Mo The real reason why the railway is blocked is not because of the anti-Han elements in Mexico. Those guys will soften as long as the Han country scares them. The main reason for the delay is still the intervention of the British, which caused the Mexicans to have too many people when negotiating with the Han country. The biggest diplomatic bargaining chip.

From the beginning of this year, when the United Kingdom appointed a new minister to Mexico, it can be seen that the British balance strategy has been revised, and it has officially changed from two powers to a tripartite! !

But this requires the cooperation of the Americans, so the British Minister Teleman directly threatened the United States.

"Mr. Minister, I have to say that I regret the relationship between the United States and the British Empire. You actually favored an evil country in the face of such a cruel and inhumane disaster..." Daniel Webster looked disappointed. He told the British Minister Teleman, "The United States of America will not let any murderer go, nor will it give up its commitment to the safety of its citizens. We will put an end to all this evil!!" Daniel Webster looked at it. British Minister Teleman said seriously.

"Will it hit Mexico City??" the British Minister stared at Daniel Webster with an ugly face and asked.

"The U.S. military will wash away the shame of the United States of America and the Americans of Texas in Mexico City..." Daniel Webster looked into the eyes of British Minister Teleman and replied, "Mr. Minister, the British Empire is in Mexico City The embassy can continue to remain. We Americans still hope to see the Union Jack flag in Mexico City..." Daniel Webster stood up from his chair and extended his right hand to British Minister Teleman until At this time, the Americans are still trying to persuade the British to stay, at least not to completely fall out.

"Faker..." British Minister Telleman looked at Daniel Webster's outstretched hand, struggled for a few times, and finally shook hands with him.

"May the friendship between the United States of America and the British Empire last forever!!" Daniel Webster said to British Minister Teleman with satisfaction.

The British Minister Teleman left the White House without saying a word. No one knew what he was doing. All they knew was that a few days later, Rodri, the new British Minister to Han, entered the Han Palace. Meet with Liu Peng in person.

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"Dear Your Majesty the King, I have to say that it is wrong for the Han Kingdom to remain neutral so far." Rodri said urgently to Liu Peng who was drinking tea and admiring flowers at the tea table in the back garden of the palace. In fact, Above, when he was in the palace just now, Liu Peng kept doing Tai Chi with him. After a while, he asked him if he had eaten. He said that his stay in Xijing was not bad. Then he said that there was a new dish in the palace recently, called fried fresh milk. It is said to be made from milk and tastes soft, glutinous and sweet. It was Liu Peng's own idea. When he left for a while, he would take a few portions back for Rodri to try.

Rodri tried to speak several times but never got a chance. Until now, in the back garden, where no one disturbed him, Rodri finally said what he had been holding back.

"Oh, what is the United States doing to our Han country by attacking Mexico??" Liu Peng drank tea and looked at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him with a focused expression, as if he was really immersed in the beautiful scenery of the sea of ​​flowers. He was interested in what Rodri just said. , don't care. "Besides, the Americans won't be able to conquer Mexico for a while, so why are they in such a hurry?" After Liu Peng drank the tea, he smiled and picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth, "Mr. Minister, this is not as delicious as the one at Buckingham Palace." The snacks are bad..." Liu Peng pushed a plate of various pastries to him. As he spoke, he motioned for Rodri to eat the snacks. He was chewing the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his mouth. His words were fragrant and his expression was very satisfied, as if he was really enjoying it. Food is the same.

"Your Majesty the King, once the United States takes over Mexico, it will fully border the Han Kingdom. With the cruelty and aggressive nature of the Americans, will they be able to let the Han country go?" Rodri looked at the dim sum tray that was pushed forward. , although the colorful snacks with square characters engraved inside were very tempting, he was not in the mood to eat at all now. He just told Liu Peng over and over again about the threat of the United States to Han, and he was just short of telling Liu Peng that the Americans had defeated the Republic of Mexico. The country will definitely attack the Han Dynasty.

"Mr. Minister, what you said makes sense..." Liu Peng drank the tea in his cup and looked at the British Minister Rodri in front of him. His eyes were full of recognition, which almost made Rodri think that the difficult king in front of him was finally going to take action. But Liu Peng's next sentence made him dumbfounded: "But our Han country has no money. This year we will build the railway around Han Dynasty, which cost [-] million yuan. Maybe this money is just a crack in the fingernails of the British Empire." Just take out the ashes, but for a small country like Han, that is more than a year's fiscal revenue..." Liu Peng cried to Rodri.

"This..." Rodri was about to say that [-] million Chinese dollars was not a small sum for the British Empire, but was interrupted by Liu Peng.

"Here, if we don't have money, how can we fight? Let me see. If the Americans want Mexico, let them take it. They won't be able to win it for a while anyway." Liu Peng said to Rodri with a sad face.

"Let the Americans be arrogant now. After a few years, our Han country will have money and enough soldiers. The United States will definitely be killed by then, and the world will be turned upside down..." Liu Peng sighed first, then stood up and cursed at the Americans. , I don’t know if I thought there was some kind of blood feud between Han and the United States.

"Your Majesty the King, this is no longer a matter of a few years. Let alone a few years, even in a few months, Mexico may not still be there. By then it will be too late to say anything..." Rodri heard Liu Peng After saying that for a few years, his expression lost control and he immediately persuaded Liu Peng, "As long as the Han is willing to send troops, the Americans will definitely not be Han's opponents." Rodri even began to mindlessly praise the Han army. With strength, it can be seen how far the situation has reached.

Take Mexican territory as an example. Currently, the New Mexico region has been occupied by Americans within a week, and even Utah has lost two-thirds.

The New York Times directly printed on the front page of the newspaper: "I am invincible to the militia of the United States of America. A military parade will be held in Mexico City at the end of the month. The glory belongs to the United States and to all Americans!!"

The Americans even called the conquest of New Mexico in one week a week-long offensive! !
The three-legged plan formulated by the British Empire at the beginning of this year has been hesitant to talk about. Even after the fastest clipper ship sent the information to London, the nobles in London are even discussing the second plan after losing Mexico, which is to support The two powers of Han and the United States stood side by side...

This was a plan a few years ago. This year, due to the rapid development of the Han Dynasty, it was overturned by Queen Victoria, and now it has been picked up by the British.

"Mr. Minister, I really don't have any money. You don't know that those soldiers of our Han country and those bastard factories won't start work unless they see money..." Liu Peng pretended not to hear what Rodri said. He just lamented the financial situation of Han State to himself, "Without money, let alone fighting, our Han State's finances will go bankrupt in the first month..." Liu Peng continued to complain to Rodri about Han State's current poor situation. financial situation.

"Your Majesty, tell the truth, how can the Han Kingdom send troops??" Rodri looked at the rogue king in front of him. He could no longer continue to use traditional diplomatic methods and could only bluntly say that Britain The most urgent issue now is that Han must intervene. If he doesn't want to intervene, he must force Han to intervene.

"Your Majesty the King, I have to remind you that Han and our country have an alliance treaty. Has Your Majesty forgotten the original intention of signing this treaty?" Rodri simply threatened Liu Peng with the Anglo-Chinese alliance.

The implication is that, according to the treaty, dealing with the United States is the basis for Britain and Han to maintain friendly relations. If Han does not abide by the treaty, the relationship between Britain and China may break down.

The consequences of the rupture involve politics, diplomacy, economy, and foreign trade. Can the current Han State afford it? ?
Rodri's words also made everything clear. In one sentence, if we fight the United States or not, the British Empire is Han's best friend. If we don't fight, then we will wait until the war is over and the British Empire will settle the accounts. The British Empire's colonies and trade all over the world will let the Han country know what life is worse than death! !
"Alas..." After listening to this, Liu Peng sighed deeply to Rodri.

"Mr. Minister, the Anglo-Chinese Alliance is a legal treaty between our country and your country. Both of us have benefited from this treaty..." Liu Peng talked to Rodri about the benefits of the Anglo-Chinese Treaty between the two countries and reminded the British, The British were also the beneficiaries of this treaty. Among other things, without Han cotton, the British textile industry would become more and more dependent on the United States, resulting in a wavering situation in its strategy towards the United States.

Now that the British can directly question the Americans, this is the benefit that the Anglo-Chinese Alliance has brought to Britain. It not only stabilized the diversification of cotton raw materials in the British textile industry, but also gave Britain the biggest starting point for its American strategy, Han. Han State can be used to influence the situation in the United States.

Look at the original sky. Without the Han Kingdom, how arrogant the United States would be in the Americas. After successively taking over most of the territory of Mexico and forcing the British to cede Oregon, the Americans even shouted arrogantly that America is the America of Americans. This became known as the Monroe Doctrine.

Therefore, the emergence of Han is definitely a good thing for Britain. Even the most incompetent British politicians admit this.

"Mr. Minister, we will join the war, but not now." Liu Peng said something ambiguous to Rodri, "At least after we Han see the benefits and the Mexicans are willing to surrender completely." Liu Peng looked playful. Looking at Rodri, he continued.

"Your Majesty the King, this..."

Before Rodri could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Peng, who took out the briefcase of the guard on the side and handed him a document written entirely in English.

"What, you want New Mexico, Utah, and the whole of Texas..." Seeing the things on this document, not to mention other things, was enough to shock Rodri. "After the war, Mexico should become The protectorate of Han." Rodri muttered one of the lines, looking at Liu Peng who smiled at him in shock. He would never forget that smile in his life.

Decades later, the elderly Rodri wrote in his memoirs:

"I don't know how to describe the situation that day. I only know that I fell into a huge trap, a carefully prepared trap. The Han people, no, it was the king. He, in the most shameless way, took away The greatest spoils of this war started by Americans and borne by Mexicans..."

"This is a terrible man. He doesn't even look like a king. In the back garden, he looks like a warm friend and even offers to make me tea, but I know that it's all his." Cover up, he is hiding the evil under his smile, that sharp mouth full of fangs, when he tears off that hypocritical mask, the world has inadvertently learned about his cruelty and so-called kindness!!"

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