vs 83 The Age of Resignation
If John Shaw, the new governor of India, chooses to send troops, it means that John Shaw's policy of non-interference is only limited to India, in order to digest the fruits of the victory of the Mysore War, and if John Shaw does not support Magalny, in order to maintain the existing interests of trade with Guangzhou, and chooses to calm the matter, then John Shaw's non-interference policy is really a conservative policy, and he probably will not take too much expansionist behavior during his tenure, Zhou Lang can also rest assured that the East India Company does not have to worry about them doing it to himself for the time being.
This is not a question of news, but a question of Zhou Lang's future layout.
If he didn't have to worry about the East India Company's infiltration in China, and if he didn't have to worry about Britain putting more military forces into China because of the expansion of interests, then Zhou Lang could rest assured and boldly cooperate with the East India Company, and cooperate with such a huge economic, military, political, and commercial comprehensive organization, and the help Zhou Lang could get was immeasurable.
If the East India Company chooses to support Magalny and insists that the Qing government fulfill the draft agreement they signed with the local government in Guangdong, it means that the East India Company will expand into China if it has the opportunity, and John Shaw's declared policy of non-interference is limited to paralyzing various Indian forces in India.
Then Zhou Lang had to redesign the way he cooperated with the East India Company, and even had to adopt a boycott attitude in advance, lest the East India Company gain a foothold in the East and advance the British infiltration of China by several decades, which would lead to incalculable consequences.
Zhou Lang's estimate was right, after being rejected by Zhou Lang, Magalny no longer had any illusions, he himself was still in Guangzhou, but he sent a clipper ship back to India to report on the exchange of contracts, and put forward his proposal to the East Indian Governor, John Shaw, hoping that the East India Company could take strong measures against the Cantonese government and send a fleet of sufficient deterrent power and a considerable number of armed forces.
The Guangzhou government still ignored him, neither wanting to attack him, nor wanting to contact him, but still hanging him.
For the Guangzhou government, in fact, it is also very difficult, Magalny threatened them, but did not do anything, because the threat to arrest Magalny will definitely cause huge trouble, if the other party sends troops from India, it is also capable of encircling Guangzhou like last time, although the other party said that it would blockade Guangzhou, and also said that it would go to Beijing to sue the emperor, now it is only lip service, and no action has been taken, they just treat the other party as saying big words, pretending not to hear.
These reactions of the Guangzhou government, even if Zhou Lang is not in Guangzhou, he can guess it. This is the culture that has existed since ancient times, the so-called "killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero", this is a country that pursues the logic of power, and the government has always been tough on the good people, because the other party cannot resist, but for the strong and powerful who should be attacked, they want to Zhao'an.
If Zhou Lang knew that the Guangdong government was now treating Magalny's behavior, he would not be surprised at all, for him, this was just another exposure of the Qing Dynasty's local officials' fierce and inward-looking faces, and their local officials were so irresponsible, so bullying the weak and afraid of the hard.
Last time, they dared to take the initiative to go to the British Merchant House to arrest people, seal off the Merchant Mansion, and seize the goods, but once the British showed their strength once, even if the British envoys threatened these high-ranking adults, they could pretend that nothing had happened.
By the time of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the city of Nanjing had already been occupied by the Japanese, and the ruling Nationalist Government did not even dare to declare war on Japan, because without declaring war, it could still imagine that it could be mediated by the international community, and once war was declared, there would be no room for turning around.
What is it called?
It's called Gou!
From the common people who salvaged the dead pigs and sheep thrown down by the British mission in the river, to the head of a country with all the power in the world, everyone's backbone is bent, the legs are soft, everyone wants to live a good life, as long as there is nothing in the world, even if there is something in the world, as long as I have nothing to do.
When did this era start, Zhou Lang didn't know.
In short, this kind of reluctance has existed in all dynasties, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, can give gifts to the concubine of the King of the Huns in order to escape the siege. After being molested by the Huns, she can reply that she is old and unattractive, and she is not worthy of the Huns Shan Yu, and she is willing to send a younger and more beautiful woman; Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty could send rich wealth and women to the other party as scheduled when the Huns continued to loot the border for decades.
Even Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, had to sign an alliance with the other party in Weishui when the Turks were strong.
Especially since the Song Dynasty, in order to seek stability, the Northern Song Dynasty can send New Year's coins to the Khitans every year, and can also send New Year's coins to small and evil countries like Western Xia, and the Southern Song Dynasty is even more boneless, in order to negotiate peace with the Jurchens, even at the expense of killing their most courageous general: Yue Fei!
Only the Ming Dynasty was rigid to the end, and always adhered to the policy of no harmony and no peace talks, and finally the emperor committed suicide and martyrdom, so that future generations will miss it for hundreds of years.
If the Han Empire and the Tang Empire endure humiliation and bear the burden under unfavorable circumstances, it can also be regarded as a political means, the purpose is to keep the light and cultivate obscurity, and one day beat the enemy back, or even kill him, and slap his face back, such as the Han Dynasty destroyed the Xiongnu and the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks. Then the Southern Song Dynasty killed the generals to negotiate peace, and the Manchu officials pretended to be indifferent after being threatened, this kind of slap in the face, not only could not be beaten back, but they didn't even have the idea of fighting back in their hearts, which was indisputable.
Zhou Lang has always had the ambition to change the times, he is full of dissatisfaction with the era he wants to change, in fact, he has not thought about the significance of him doing this.
Objectively speaking, Zhou Lang twisted the general trend of the degeneration of the times, like a praying mantis blocking the car. This kind of behavior is equivalent to being a hero in an era of reluctance.
Zhou Lang didn't think of himself as noble, his subconscious motives were first of all the lowliness that he didn't want to live, secondly, he didn't want his family to live, and finally he didn't want the countrymen to live lowly, that's all.
But which hero in history is not like this, they are just unwilling to live in a humble life, everyone is not willing to live in a humble life, but the heroes follow their hearts, they stand up and act.
So that year, the Jin soldiers went south, and Yue Wumu picked up the spear with the tattoo of loyalty to the country.
So that year, the Yuan soldiers went south, and Wen Tianxiang threw down the pen of writing poems and lyrics and formed a righteous army.
So that year, the Ganges River went against the current, and Zhou Lang gave up the opportunity to crisscross the business world and plunged into the waves.
It's just that that year, under the Storm Pavilion, Yue Wumu was wronged, and he never forgot to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion in his heart!
It's just that year, in Lingding Yangli, Wen Tianxiang was forced to compose a poem to illuminate the sweat green (annals) with his heart.
It's just that year......
What about Zhou Lang?