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When the news of the tariff hikes in European countries came back to Da Zhou, Zhang Lingyang was furious.

As for the increase in tariffs, Zhang Lingyang believes that this is not a non-negotiable matter. After all, Da Zhou's trade surplus with Europe is too large, and it is not a normal phenomenon at all, which Zhang Lingyang also understands.

It can be understood that the key is that European countries did not notify the big week at all, and they raised tariffs independently, Zhang Lingyang believes that this is a manifestation that European countries have not taken the big week in their eyes at all.

You must know that Da Zhou is the most powerful country in the world, whether it is population size, land area, economic output value and number of troops, etc., Da Zhou is well-deserved to be the first in the world.

But even so, European countries have gone their own way to increase customs tariffs.

In Zhang Lingyang's words, that is, Europe is now floating, and I don't know how many catties and taels I have.

So-for-tat, Da Zhou naturally began to raise customs tariffs on European goods. Not only that, but the various countries attached to the Great Zhou have also been forced to increase tariffs on European imports.

The Asian region is densely populated, and the Great Zhou is the most populous country in the world, and if Tianzhu, the second most populous country, is added, it will be a disastrous consequence for Europe.

Needless to say, although the small peasant economy still prevailed in the country, the total amount of goods imported from Europe each year was also a staggering amount.

If we add Tianzhu, which is heavily dependent on imported goods, then Europe's losses will be great.

Because Zhang Lingyang directly ordered that within the scope of the Great Zhou Dynasty's influence, the tariffs of all countries and regions were directly increased by more than three times.

In other words, the tariff of 10% on goods imported from Europe has now increased to 30%.

At this point, Zhang Lingyang did not discriminate against European countries, even if the French ambassador Pierre stated France's distress to Zhang Lingyang, Zhang Lingyang still went his own way.

As for the imperial court?

The Great Zhou Wenwu always believed that Europe was a barbarian land, even if with the development of time, the Great Zhou had more and more contacts with Europe, and many people's attitudes towards Europe changed, but the vast majority of courtiers still believed that European countries could not be on the stage.

This is the psychological advantage that has always existed in the hearts of the Great Zhou people.

As soon as the decree was issued, the goods of European countries soon appeared unsalable in the sphere of influence of the Great Zhou.

Especially in the Tianzhu area, with the rise in the price of European goods, the people of Tianzhu began to buy and use the goods of the Great Zhou one after another, which brought huge profits to the merchants of the Great Zhou.

"I have never been able to understand why the Emperor of the Great Zhou knew the hardships of France, so why did he choose to do this?" At the Palace of Versailles in France, Louis XVIII complained after receiving a letter from Pierre.

The cabinet minister said to Louis XVIII: "Your Majesty, over the years, I have also known a little about the Great Zhou.

In the country of the Great Zhou, both the people and the monarchs and ministers have never put the European countries in their hearts from beginning to end. Even, many important ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty called us Europe Xiyi, a barbaric land that was not civilized.

Therefore, Da Zhou has some psychological advantages over Europe, and does not take European countries in his eyes, including our French ......"

"Do you have any great ideas?" Louis XVIII asked.

"Since Da Zhou has not accepted the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor, I suggest that we return blood for blood, tooth for tooth, continue to increase customs duties, give Da Zhou a cruel lesson, and let the Great Zhou monarchs and ministers sober up."

The Cabinet Secretary believes that if customs duties continue to increase, the selling price of goods will naturally increase. In this way, even some aristocratic families are afraid that they will not be able to afford to consume Da Zhou's goods, so that they can give Da Zhou a strong blow, and then make Da Zhou soften.

After much deliberation, Louis XVIII nodded in agreement with the Cabinet Ministers. However, this time the tariff was raised, and Louis XVIII demanded that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must hold a negotiation with the European countries, so as to unite against the behemoth of the Great Zhou.

Naturally, the cabinet ministers did not oppose Louis XVIII's proposal, but on the contrary, they supported it.

Because in terms of the current national strength of the Great Zhou, France alone is not the opponent of the Great Zhou at all.

After leaving Versailles, the cabinet ministers were anxious that the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered Louis XVIII and delivered the message to the embassies of various European countries.

The first to receive the news was England, which is just across the sea from France.

When Mountbatten, the President of the House of Lords, learned of Louis XVIII's thoughts, he couldn't help but be excited: "God help me!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Mountbatten submitted an application to Prime Minister Tony Blair and Her Majesty the Queen to discuss the continuation of the increase in customs duties.

Her Majesty has no real power of her own, and even if she wants to stop Mountbatten, she is powerless. And although Blair has a lot of power, his prime minister has been in office for less than two months, and he has no power to stop this.

More importantly, with the prevalence of the Great Zhou threat theory in Europe, jointly confronting the powerful Great Zhou has become the common goal of all European countries, and it is a major trend in Europe at present, and Blair cannot stop this trend at all.

Therefore, Blair can only resign himself to Mountbatten, and only hopes that he will be happy to spend the last two months of his term as prime minister.

After receiving the approval of Her Majesty the Queen and Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mountbatten discussed in the House of Lords three days later the matter of continuing to raise customs duties.

Conservatives now have an absolute majority of seats in the House of Lords, and with the support of these people, Mountbatten's proposal was naturally passed smoothly.

Subsequently, the English government sent a note to the French cabinet to discuss a joint increase in customs duties.

With England and France, the two most powerful countries in Europe, taking the lead in taking the lead, other countries naturally followed suit, and decided to convene a joint conference in Paris a month later to discuss the fight against the Great Zhou.

All European countries understood that the joint meeting a month later would not only discuss economic matters, but also use political and other means to force Da Zhou to succumb.

At that time, how things will progress, and how far they will go, will not be able to be determined even by France and England, the initiating countries of the conference, because the interests involved are too great.

Even, Louis XVIII thought that if the joint congress next month got out of control, it would even lead to a military action against the Great Zhou.

As for Mountbatten, who initially threw out the theory of the threat of the Great Zhou, although he did not have a specific answer in mind, he hoped that through the joint conference next month, the European countries could be twisted together to jointly confront the Great Zhou economically, politically, and militarily......

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