Chapter 422: Entente vs. Allied Powers
The turmoil in the United States has triggered another round of public opinion war of words around the world.
The British Empire had completely abandoned its discipline, supported Grant's military junta, portrayed the coup d'état as upholding justice, glorified the White Terror as a rebellion, and packaged Grant as an angel to save the American people.
Due to the unique political relations of the British Empire in Europe, public opinion in most European countries was consistent with the British Empire, and only the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire cooperated with the Chinese Empire, criticized the American coup d'état, and fought against the Western media led by the British Empire.
Many times, people are terrible, and the story of three people becoming tigers is thought-provoking.
What would a person do if he heard everyone around him say that his neighbor had stolen his wife? Of course, he was desperate to find his neighbors. His neighbor said that it was a misunderstanding, and he would inevitably be beaten, and if his neighbor was just as strong, then the two of them would fight desperately until they were out of control.
Similarly, for the international community, every country is hijacked by public opinion. Whether it is one's own domestic public opinion or international public opinion, no matter whether the report is true or false, once a general sense of national identity is formed, it is difficult to change.
The protracted war and antagonistic public opinion warfare between China and Britain have long formed a hostile consciousness for the people of the two countries. When Chinese people think of enemies, the first thing that comes to mind is the British Empire. In the same way, the British would regard the Chinese Empire as an enemy at the first time.
Now, as China and Britain are fighting a war of public opinion on the American issue, gangs are forming factions everywhere, and a hostile camp on the ******** is rapidly forming.
Led by the Chinese Empire, it included the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the fifteen member kingdoms of the Chinese Empire.
Led by the British Empire, it includes the Confederate States of America, the Empire of Japan, the Russian Empire, the French Empire, the Dutch Republic, and Canada, India and other Commonwealth member states.
The large-scale public opinion war between the two camps has accelerated the hostile posture of the two camps as a whole.
Half a year later, Grant successfully controlled the situation in the United States, completely drove the democrats out of the political arena, and the Republicans dictatorship****.
After half a year of social unrest, the U.S. economy has been hit hard, the economy has lost hundreds of millions of new dollars, and a large number of resources in the hands of democrats have been plundered or forcibly seized.
Among them, the Morgan family suffered the most, because there is a saying in the United States that the Republicans are the Rockefellers, and the democrats are the Morgans.
However, the Morgan family was huge, and although it was hit hard by the Rockefellers, most of its wealth was quickly transferred to the Chinese Empire's concessions in the United States, Rhode Island, and Key West, with the help of the Chinese Empire.
At the same time, hundreds of pro-democracy companies moved their employees and funds to the Chinese Concession, temporarily avoiding looting by Grant's army.
However, the relationship between China and the United States was tense, and Rhode Island and Key West were not long-term places, so under the leadership of Cleveland and the Morgan family, a large number of democratic assets were quickly transferred to the Chinese Empire, where they invested and set up factories to fund the democratic army.
Invisibly, the amount of foreign investment in the Chinese empire soared by 2.5 billion New Zealand dollars between April and the end of December, the vast majority of which came from direct investment by American businessmen, equivalent to 250 million yuan.
The report from the Ministry of Commerce of the Ministry of Household Affairs made the ministers of the Chinese Empire happy, especially Zhang Peilun, who praised the wise decision of the Chinese Emperor Li Weiguo to cooperate with the American democrats in time, so that the huge amount of money was invested in the Chinese Empire.
The huge investment of 250 million yuan, and all of them are direct investments, in a short period of time, the direct benefit is the Chinese Empire nationals, providing at least 20,000 jobs, instantly solving the employment situation of the 3988 college graduates of the Chinese Empire, so that the employment rate reaches 100 percent, and there is even a shortage of people.
Li Weiguo specially met with Cleveland and Morgan and his entourage at the Qianqing Palace, and immediately announced that the Chinese Empire would provide political asylum to Cleveland and other American politicians, provide visa-free green cards for immigrants from the Chinese Empire for Morgan and other persecuted Americans, and that Morgan and other persecuted businessmen in the United States would enjoy the same treatment as nationals of the Chinese Empire.
This move made Cleveland and other American democrats very grateful, especially Morgan and other persecuted American nationals, who received visa-free green cards from the Chinese Empire, which means that as long as they live in the Chinese Empire for five years, abide by the law during the period, and invest more than 10,000 yuan, they can apply for the citizenship of the Chinese Empire.
In this era, in this time and space, the unprecedented prosperity of the Chinese Empire gave the impression to the people of the world that it was rich, had good living conditions, and its military strength was unprecedentedly strong, so there was no need to worry about the threat of war, social security was stable, and it provided a strong personal security guarantee for the people, as well as political stability, freedom of public opinion, etc., which not only conformed to the life values of the Easterners, but also satisfied the life values of the Westerners, so it became a holy place on earth that people all over the world yearn for.
Countless wealthy foreign people are rushing to invest in the Chinese Empire, so as to obtain a green card of the Chinese Empire, and after five years, they can officially join the Chinese Empire nationality, enjoy superior domestic life and international treatment, and all of them are proud to be a citizen of the Chinese Empire.
The Chinese Empire was like a big magnet, attracting rich people and talents from Europe and the United States, and growing like a snowball.
Grant was quite angry at the fact that the Chinese Empire had given political asylum to Cleveland and other American democrats, summoned the Chinese Empire's ambassador to the United States to protest, and made solemn representations to the Chinese Empire through the American ambassador to China, demanding that the Chinese Empire cancel the political asylum granted to Cleveland and other democrats.
The Chinese Empire apparently ignored this, and instead demanded that Grant step down and restore American democracy.
Grant was immediately furious and prepared to take measures to retaliate against the Chinese Empire.
Not long after, the Grant administration declared the Chinese persona non grata in the United States and suspended business and travel visas for citizens of the Chinese Empire to travel to the United States. At the same time, a blockade was erected near Rhode Island to prevent American nationals from entering Rhode Island.
In this regard, the Chinese Empire lodged a solemn protest to Grant, but the negotiations were unsuccessful, and Grant took a tough attitude.
Li Weiguo was even more fearless in playing hard, and immediately took countermeasures and ordered the imposition of more severe comprehensive economic sanctions against the United States.
The French Empire has always been a porter of the Eastern and Western worlds, importing materials from the Chinese Empire and then reselling them to Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries for huge profits.
Previously, the Chinese Empire acquiesced in France's efforts to delay France's entry into the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc.
This is because the military pressure faced by the German Empire is too great, and according to the agreement reached between Li Weiguo and Bismarck, at Bismarck's request, the construction of the military strength of the German Empire has not yet been completed, and it is hoped that the Chinese Empire will strengthen its containment of the French Empire and give the German Empire enough time for development.
After all, the German Empire was unified only twenty years ago, and the German Empire really became strong in history from after 1910 to World War I in 1914. It was precisely because Germany was strong that it was not afraid of the Anglo-French alliance that it dared to provoke the First World War.
But now, despite the great efforts of the Chinese Empire to help the German Empire, the days are still short.
According to Li Weiguo's inference, the naval military power of the German Empire was a shortcoming, and it was not until at least 1895 that it really rose to become a force that could rival the British Imperial Navy.
Therefore, as long as the Chinese Empire gave France benefits, it acquiesced in France's transfer of some non-military materials and sensitive technology to Britain, the United States and Japan.
But this time, Li Weiguo warned the French Empire that no further supplies were allowed to be transferred to the United States, otherwise economic sanctions would be imposed on the French Empire.
Emperor Napoleon III of France was so angry that he became more and more inclined to join the Anglo-American-Japanese Entente, because he found that the German Empire was growing too fast, far beyond the French Empire. Especially with the help of the Chinese Empire, the French Empire now feels out of reach, and in the long run, France will eventually be completely thrown off by Germany, and it is far away to recover Alsace and Lorraine.
In that year, because Li Weiguo rewrote the history of the Franco-Prussian War, the French Emperor Napoleon III was not captured, the Second French Empire did not fall, and the French Republic did not appear.
It is precisely because France is still an imperial system, not a republican system, that the attitude of Emperor Napoleon III is more likely to determine the direction of the French Empire.
Napoleon III's anger made him lose his rational judgment, and he immediately ordered the French Foreign Office to negotiate with Britain and the United States to make conditions for joining the Anglo-American-Japanese alliance.
At the same time, Napoleon III deliberately let the French Foreign Ministry let the Chinese Empire know that the French Empire was negotiating with Britain, the United States and Japan to join the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc.
Napoleon III's intention was to threaten the Chinese Empire and get some benefits from it, so that the French Empire would reassess whether to join the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc.
Unfortunately, Napoleon III made a mistake, and the Chinese Empire could not have feared the declining French Empire.
After Li Weiguo learned of this, he only sighed, he had already guessed that the French Empire would eventually join the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc, it was only a matter of time before it was a matter of time.
The Chinese Empire did not stop France from negotiating with Anglo-American-Japanese, which made Napoleon III dumbfounded!
"Come and beg me! As long as you (the Chinese Empire) are soft, the Emperor will suspend negotiations with Britain, the United States and Japan! ”
In the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon III talked to himself like this every day, and he was almost stunned.
It is a pity that the Chinese Empire never came to the French Empire, but only lodged a solemn protest to the French Empire through diplomatic channels, but did not give France any benefits. Even some military personnel of the Chinese Empire openly expressed the hope that the French Empire would join the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc as soon as possible, otherwise the Chinese Empire would really have no excuse to repair France.
This is to publicly humiliate France, piggybacking on humiliating the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc, the implication is that the Anglo-American-Japanese bloc is too weak, even if the French Empire is added, it is just as weak.
Napoleon III was so angry that he gave up blackmailing Britain, the United States and Japan, despite the opposition of his ministers, and directly reached a military alliance agreement with Britain, the United States and Japan.
On February 3, 1889, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French Empire, officially signed the Anglo-American, French-Japanese Four-Power Entente, announcing the formal establishment of the Anglo-American-French-Japanese Entente Group.
The purpose of the Entente bloc is a political alliance and military alliance between Britain, France, the United States and Japan, in which one side is militarily attacked by a hostile country, and the other three parties will participate in the war to attack and defend the alliance.
This agreement is slightly different from the previous trilateral agreements between the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan.
Previously, Britain, the United States, and Japan agreed that only when the mainland was invaded militarily, the Entente parties were obliged to enter the war.
Previously, the British Empire implemented a policy of non-resistance against the Chinese Empire, and all the colonies it lost were colonies, so neither the United States nor the Japanese Empire had the obligation to send troops.
This time, however, it was clearly stipulated that if any of the four countries were attacked by enemy forces, whether on the mainland or in the colonies, the other three sides were obliged to send reinforcements and intervene.
This also means that if the Chinese Empire once again annexes the colonies of the British Empire in a step-by-step manner, then it will be equivalent to a war against Britain, the United States, Japan, and France at the same time.
The entire international community suddenly became nervous, and all eyes were focused on the Forbidden City in the Far East, speculating about how the Chinese empire would respond.
There is a saying that the plan cannot keep up with the rapid changes, and Li Weiguo originally thought that it would be at least two years before the Entente was formally established. As a result, he miscalculated the French Emperor Napoleon III, who decided the future of the people of the French Empire only by his own preferences.
However, although Li Weiguo was surprised, he was not afraid.
A month later, the Chinese Empire, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire announced the conclusion of an offensive and defensive alliance treaty, declaring the Allied bloc to the outside world.
After the establishment of the Central Powers, Li Weiguo immediately issued an order to freeze the construction of Guba-class battleships for the French Empire.
These four Guba-class battleships were almost completed, and the Chinese Empire suddenly froze them, did not give them to the French Navy, and did not return the huge cost of building the ships that the French Navy had already paid.
Tuo Tuo has pitted the French Empire!
When the news reached Versailles, Emperor Napoleon III vomited blood in anger.
Because the Chinese Empire also brought the Ottoman Turkish Empire into the Allied bloc, the Tsarist Empire could no longer live in peace with the Chinese Empire, so the Tsarist Empire also began to negotiate with the Entente.
However, the tsar played a clever trick, although he negotiated, but postponed the formal entry into the Entente, and prepared to send back the two battleships built in the Chinese Empire first, and the province made two mistakes like Napoleon III, and lost four Guba-class battleships in vain.
However, to the collapse of the Tsar, the Chinese Empire had long been prepared, delaying the completion of the two Russian battleships and the Russian Empire not allowing the battleships to return home.
The tsar was finally dumbfounded, he understood that the Chinese Empire was probably not sincere from the beginning, and it had already been designed to pit the Tsarist Russian Empire and the French Empire!
The initial joy turned into endless anger in an instant.
Poof!
Alexander III also vomited three liters of old blood, and suddenly fell into a state of anger.
It is a pity that he was not as lucky as Napoleon III and never woke up again. (To be continued.) )