In London, England, senior British politicians are commenting on Xu Qing's new deal in France. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, this Xu Qing is really not ordinary, Xu Qing's plan has alleviated the current economic crisis in France. Xu Qing's New Deal plan happened to have a very good effect on France, by strengthening the government's strong interference in private production, so that private businessmen reduced production, reduced the oppression of workers, and allowed workers to obtain a minimum living guarantee. And through the guarantee and financial support of the Anglo-Chinese Bank, it has successfully helped many excellent factories to survive, and even many well-managed factories will be a blessing in disguise and further expand in this crisis. As for those factories that are poorly managed, they are doomed to be eliminated. “

If this is the case, the workers have the possibility of resuming their work, and the peasants have gained a lot of income under the construction of Xu Qing's new policy, and then they can further buy the corresponding industrial products, and then revitalize the industry. France has now begun to recover gradually, and all this is brought by Xu Qing. ”

British Prime Minister John Russell said in front of Queen Victoria.

Palmerston also replied: "Your Majesty, this coup d'état in France, the restoration of the Bonaparte family, they must have received a certain amount of support from the Russians." This time, the Bonapartes and the Russians maintained a tacit understanding, and the French army was no longer engaged in war with the Russians, but on the contrary, they had begun to negotiate the possibility of preparing to retreat. Next, we in the British Empire may have to face Russia alone. ”

Queen Victoria's face was also very annoyed, this time Xu Qing actually betrayed their Britain again, which made Queen Victoria very hated. If she could, Queen Victoria wouldn't mind slaughtering Xu Qing, but unfortunately Xu Qing's status as a diplomat made Queen Victoria jealous.

In particular, Xu Qing did not interfere as a state, Xu Qing only "came up with ideas", at most he made ideas, and did not join in as an official Chinese identity.

"Your Majesty, the French Legation has sent a note describing the idea of continuing to support our British Empire logistically. They have a large number of unsalable industrial products, and the workers need to work, so they are willing to sell all kinds of industrial materials to our soldiers at very low prices, and even cut meat at a loss. ”

Palmerston also smiled wryly, he also had to obey Xu Qing's trick, and actually solved it together, which not only provided a market for French industry to borrow the Crimean War, and successfully won over Russia's support, and then after the mutiny and restoration, he turned to Britain again in order to avoid tearing his face with Britain, but continued to support Britain from the logistical aspect. In this way, even if it is sold according to a seven-fold discount, although there is some cutting meat, but? Got them through the economic crisis.

Such a series of means made Palmerston a little admired, and actually used the situation to this extent, linking these seemingly unrelated things together.

"What should we do now? France was doomed to withdraw from the war, and the Crimean War was destined to leave us alone in the British Empire, but the only good thing was that the French were still willing to support us logistically. So we don't end up too bad, but what should Vaughn's British Empire do with France next? Queen Victoria asked.

Palmerston continued: "Your Majesty, there is no point in thinking about the past. Now that the Bonaparte family has been restored, it is impossible for us to continue to cling to the past, so we still have to look forward so that we can get more benefits. We can continue to establish diplomatic relations with France, when nothing happens. In fact, whether it is the Orleans dynasty or the Bonaparte family, it is actually the same for us. There are no eternal friends and enemies between nations, only eternal interests. Although France has changed a royal family this time, it is actually just a change of signboard, and there is no change in essence. So we don't have to worry too much, what we should do next is to pay attention to Xu Qing. ”

"Xu Qing?" Queen Victoria asked, confused.

Palmerston replied: "Your Majesty, regarding this Xu Qing, this time he not only showed very good diplomatic skills in our Europe, but he only relied on his own wisdom to successfully provoke all kinds of contradictions between our Britain, France, and Russian Prussia, and he took advantage of our various traditional contradictions to make profits. Of course, he did it well, and all of this was very cautious and didn't touch our real bottom line. However, it is precisely because of this that he has always reaped the maximum benefits without touching our bottom line, which is enough to show his diplomatic skills. ”

But what makes me even more astonishing is that this time he actually proposed this new policy, which allowed France to successfully survive the economic crisis. This shocked me very much, this Xu Qing is not only very good in diplomacy, but also excellent in domestic affairs. We in Britain are trapped in the Crimean War, so we can't spare any energy to care about China. In this way, we can only choose stability in our current relations with China, rather than choosing to directly break out into conflict with China. ”

"If we have a conflict with China, we can't go on an expedition to China. But China borders Russia, and if they choose to support Russia logistically, then we will really face tremendous pressure, China and Russia, both of which are large countries with large populations, are also large countries with resources. China is rich in resources, and if it is used to support the Russians, the pressure on our British will be amazing. So we can't afford to break out again into a violent conflict with China until we get rid of the Russians, especially until we solve the European problem. “

Palmerston's words made everyone choose to approve. Britain is already at the limit of going to war with Russia, but if it wants to go to war with China, isn't it the birthday boy eating arsenic - is it impatient?

Even if China supports Russia in terms of logistics, it will be a huge pressure on the UK, so the current relationship with China can only be appeased, not directly conflicted. A direct conflict is certain to death, and this British is not stupid.

Palmerston then said: "Your Majesty, I think we should take the initiative to re-handle the relationship with Xu Qing in the future, although Xu Qing has already harmed our Great Britain several times this time, but we have to admit Xu Qing's talent." Xu Qing is not only a master in diplomacy, but also quite accomplished in domestic affairs. In fact, in the final analysis, Xu Qing has not really touched our core interests, although we have suffered some pain, but it is not enough for us to turn against China. “

"And such an excellent talent as Xu Qing, as long as the Chinese are not stupid, will definitely be reused." So we might as well just treat it as if it didn't happen, so that we can still have a good relationship with Xu Qing in the future. In particular, he has a very close relationship with Europe. Queen Isabella's time to give birth is coming soon, and he is already messing with us in Europe. Therefore, we can hold the Xu Qing route first, and it can be used as a bridge for us to communicate with China in the future. ”

"As for the competition in the future, we will talk about it later. China is currently undergoing a transformation, and they will not be able to expand in the near future. Therefore, we should seize this time and hurry up to deal with Europe's affairs in order to meet China's next challenges. ”

Palmerston made a very accurate preparation, he knew that sooner or later China would join the international game. However, the British were not able to suppress it, not only were they currently engaged in the Crimean War with Russia, but they could not really go from Britain to China and launch a national war. The huge logistical pressure is enough to make them vomit blood. Faced with China's challenge, Britain can only choose to be prepared in all aspects.

However, although competition is inevitable in the future, it does not prevent good relations with China at present. Future competition is a matter of the future, and in the short term they are still friends. Strategic competition will not affect tactical cooperation, and long-term contradictions will not affect short-term cooperation, that is, state-to-state diplomacy.

In the final analysis, countries are still very rational and interest-oriented, and it is impossible to say that a war will start at the beginning of a war.

"Okay, let's act as if it didn't happen, but we also have to control Xu Qing. Xu Qing is not very disciplined in doing things in Europe, so we can make appropriate use of it, and when Queen Isabella is in Europe, he will not be able to ignore it. According to the Chinese mentality, as long as it is his woman, he will not give up easily. Queen Victoria replied.

John Russell also nodded in the same way and said, "That's right, Xu Qing has a huge industry in our UK, and we can use these industries as a means to blackmail Xu Qing to a certain extent." In this way, Xu Qing can tie him down on the principle of not violating China's diplomatic bottom line. I have no doubt that such an outstanding talent as Xu Qing will inevitably become a person with huge influence in China in the future. ”

"I have a hunch that Xu Qing may be returning to China soon. He was ready for his successor, indicating that he already sensed that he might not be in Europe for long. However, he recommended his woman to be this successor, which is also a good result, and then we can tie Xu Qing up through various methods, so that Xu Qing can help us to a certain extent. It has even developed into a two-sided minister, which has become an important channel for us to understand China. ”

The British also have some thoughts about Xu Qing, and I hope that Xu Qing will contribute to the British while doing things for China. To be the conduit for Britain to understand China, and in this way to become the de facto spokesperson for Britain in China.

The British are also optimistic about Xu Qing's development in China, so that Xu Qing can do things for them to a certain extent, and it will also help Britain open the door to China. In particular, Britain urgently needs China's huge market, but now that Britain is facing the crisis of the Crimean War, they have no energy to open up the Chinese market by force and political means.

They can only hope that Xu Qing will gradually pry open the door of China in China's political arena and let China open its market. As long as Xu Qing can contribute to them, it will be better than opening China's door through various military means in the future. The cost of waging a war is very high, not to mention that there may not be any money to be made, and whether it can be waged without war or not at all, this is something that politicians of all countries will understand.

"Your Majesty, let's wait until Xu Qing returns to our UK. As long as he is willing to help us speak in China, to be a double-faced minister between us in Britain and China, this can give us more benefits. What's more, there is no loss for Xu Qing or for China. The biggest problem in China at present is that they are very cautious about reaching out to us in the West, and even very cautious about opening up to the outside world. If we can make Xu Qing as a two-sided minister of communication between China and the United Kingdom, it will be conducive to allowing China to truly open up the market, instead of opening it nominally as it is now, but in fact it is still the same as not opening up, maybe it is not as good as before! ”

The members of the British cabinet also nodded, if in the past, the Manchu court was a tacit businessman businessman, but now they are more vigilant. This is not conducive to China's opening up, and if Xu Qing can be made a "two-sided minister" between China and Britain, it will help China to speed up its opening up.

Especially now that Britain is doomed to be unable to force China through war and political pressure, a moderate approach is not an option. Although Xu Qing has cheated the UK several times, at least he is still an understanding person.

"Hey, if it's possible, I'm really reluctant to let Xu Qing take on this role. After all, Xu Qing is too shrewd, but China currently knows too little about us in the West, and only Xu Qing may become this character. We don't have a choice, we really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse! Palmerston said.

Those British politicians are also very headaches, and they have met Xu Qing and one knows a lot about the West, but the West's understanding of China is cloudy, and these things may be able to become the after-dinner conversation of ordinary people, but for those politicians, these news have no value at all.

The two sides are completely in a one-sided and transparent manner, which puts great pressure on the British, after all, Xu Qing knows them too well. If you want to open up the Chinese market, Xu Qing really can't get around this hurdle.

"Your Majesty, Queen Isabella is still a month to give birth, I think I should call Minister Xu Qing back at this time, right?" Palmerston said.