2092 The Soft Underbelly of the United Kingdom

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"The problems between Britain and Ireland are not only the legacy of historical aggression and resistance, but to be honest, after hundreds of years of running-in, the Irish sense of shame of being invaded has faded a lot......"

"In fact, the root of the problem has to be traced back to religion, we all know that the state religion of England is Anglicanism, which is one of the three major schools of Protestantism, that is to say, the state religion of the British is Protestant!"

"The Irish, on the other hand, believe in Catholicism, and they believe in the Vatican Pope! This kind of religious contradiction has been going on in human history, even if it is from the same root, they have to be anxious about each other!"

At the end of the 12th century, King Henry II of England took advantage of the division of Ireland and landed on the island of Ireland with his army, forcing the princes to come and swear allegiance by force, and began the conquest of Ireland. During the Tudor period, Britain tightened its grip on Ireland and set about establishing law and political order on the island. ”

"The conquest in the true sense of the word began in the 16th century. In the two centuries that followed, wars, rebellions, and land confiscations marked the expansion of the British authorities. In some areas, the entire population was ravaged by the colonists of England, Wales and Scotland, and the inhabitants were driven out and then relocated in various ways to increase the population. ”

In 1603, the Stuarts came to power England and immediately carried out systematic colonization activities in Ireland. At the instigation of the government, large numbers of Protestant Scottish and English immigrants arrived in the northern province of Ulster. Large tracts of land were encroached upon by the Irish, Catholics were mostly driven to the inhospitable west, and the few who remained were almost reduced to sharecroppers. ”

After nearly a decade of colonization, the British finally succeeded in establishing a Protestant colony in the Ulster area, where Protestant immigration outnumbered local Catholics, sowing the seeds of conflict. During the bourgeois revolution in England, Cromwell launched a colonial war against Ireland. Mass Catholics were massacred, and the land was divided among British immigrants. By the end of the 17th century, the island of Ireland was completely under British control. ”

Xiao Letian sighed, "See, sometimes aggression is not necessarily linked to interests, religious spread has always been the main factor in war!"

"That's why I've always looked down on the Europeans, whose ability lies in their courage and perseverance in pioneering the Great Voyage, as well as their continuous investment in science and technology!"

"But these skills can actually be replicated, don't we Chinese people have a pioneering spirit? Don't we have the ability to do scientific research? We have a lower IQ than them, or what?"

"Therefore, what they Europeans have, we Chinese also have, it is nothing more than a few steps slower and a few wrong steps for various reasons, but at the same time we Chinese have something, they Europeans do not have!"

"What's that?" Xiao Letian said proudly, "We are the only Chinese nation in the world, and we can successfully carry out ethnic integration without relying on the power of religion and only relying on secular cultural skills!"

"Looking at the whole human world, looking at this earth, this top-level anti-heaven attribute is God-given! There is no nation in any country, only China can!"

"Look at the muddy mud on the island of Ireland! Look at the territory of China, which has been expanding for thousands of years! Isn't it clear which is higher and which is lower!"

"Okay, let's get down to business...... Xiao Lotian lit a cigarette for himself and relaxed his thoughts, "It is precisely because of such cruel British colonial rule that the Irish live in extreme poverty, so they have to rebel against ......"

"Under the influence of the North American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution, the Irish staged a massive anti-British uprising. The British authorities carried out a brutal repression......"

"In 1801, the British Parliament passed the Anglo-Irish Act of Integration, which formally incorporated Ireland into the British Empire, and Ireland lost its political and economic independence......

After the merger, Protestantism was declared the state religion of Ireland, while Catholics were deprived of their basic political and civil rights. The national contradictions between Britain and Ireland have intensified......"

"The struggle of the Irish for independence is on the rise. Catholic Liberation Movement, Abolition Movement, Armed Insurrection of the Fenians, Young Ireland Movement...... The series of revolts made these Irishmen even more hated in Britain!"

"It's a pity that the Irish are not at the right time, and the most ferocious time for them is when the British Empire is in full swing, and no country in the world dares to provoke Britain, and no country dares to say a word of justice!"

"The various uprisings of the Irish are a joke in the eyes of the British, they are completely ants fighting elephants, and no country in the world is optimistic about the independence movement of the Irishmen!"

"Gradually, even the Irish themselves despaired, and failure could not be done more than three times, and successive frustrations would make them completely lose their self-confidence, and many Irish chose to bow their heads and accept the harsh rule of the British......"

Xiao Lotian sighed, "If the situation really develops so slowly, maybe the British colonization will really succeed, and when the group of old people with the greatest resistance gradually die, when the young Irish young people who are accustomed to British culture grow up, maybe the two peoples will really be forcibly integrated......"

"But I never thought that an Irish *** completely dispelled the delusions of the Irish, and the British wanted to reduce the total population of the Irish through this famine!"

"The illusion is completely shattered, and I dare to assert here that sooner or later Ireland will become independent, and that this war is doomed to end in the defeat of the British!"

Xiao Letian, who rubbed his hands and was excited, sneered and said, "Benjamin, Benjamin! During your term of office, if something big happens to this powder keg in Ireland, I will see how you will deal with Gladstone's cannon attack at that time!"

"Gladstone, Gladstone, dirty work, black work I've done for you, I'd like to see how much this favor is worth!"

Hearing this, everyone present suddenly realized that all Xiao Letian's disciples looked at the master with admiring eyes, and there was only one voice in their hearts.

"Insight into the smallest details! Clarity of people's hearts! The situation in Europe is like a pattern in the palm of your hand! Who else in the whole of Asia except the head of state? Who else can dismantle Europe to this point? Divine skill, divine skill!"

Everyone present had an epiphany, as if the curtain in front of their eyes had been opened, and a completely different Europe appeared clearly in front of them.

Luo Huo scratched his head and couldn't help scolding, "Fuck! It's really carrying a kettle to pour his head!

"Weakness, let's find the weakness!".