Chapter 1523 Britain Defeated, India Reparated
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Zhu Jishi accompanied Victoria and Albert and King Edward VII of England and slowly walked out of the main hall.
Although the evening breeze was already quite cool, Zhu Jishi still looked very excited.
This is not surprising, because the Indian problem that had plagued him for a long time has now been most satisfactorily resolved, and the attitude of the Indian Empress Victoria is already clear: the attitude of measuring India's material resources and making China happy is somewhat similar to that of the Empress Dowager Cixi in history, but the ability of the British to govern the colonies is simply incomparable to that of the Manchurians."
An India, governed by the British and dependent on the Great Chinese Empire, certainly developed better than India, which was run by the Indians themselves or by the Chinese, and was more like a hen that lays golden eggs.
"Victoria, Albert, have you heard of the Socialist United Kingdom of England and Scotland? One has to admire the imagination of the British revolutionaries, how did they knead socialism and the king together? As he walked, Zhu Jishi suddenly mentioned the ironic things that were happening in Britain, "and they also wanted the heir to the throne of the German Empire to be the king of this socialist kingdom." ”
Thinking that William II, who led Germany and Britain in history, was going to become the king of England, Zhu Jishi couldn't help but want to laugh three times, but in front of a group of British royal families in exile, he still tried to hold back his laughter.
"William Jr. is also an acceptable candidate, he is, after all, my grandson and Victoria's." Albert replied in a low voice, "If the English people don't accept Edward and Alfred, Arthur and Leopold." and Edward's children. Then it should be William's turn. ”
Prince Albert's tone was very calm. It seems that Wilhelm II has been accepted as the king of England, oh, he should be King Wilhelm V on the British side, after all, Wilhelm II has no problems with blood, and there is a powerful German Empire behind him. After the loss of the world empire, the formation of a republican alliance between Britain and Germany should be a good way out.
"The revolutionaries in England are indeed smarter, smarter than I thought, and they don't have so many rules." Zhu Jishi also nodded in agreement. The Anglo-German monarchy alliance was indeed a difficult problem. This was true for the Roman Empire, and it was also true for the Greater Chinese Empire. At the very least, the Socialist Kingdoms of England and Scotland could refuse to sign any treaty of cession and reparations, while also keeping the Roman Empire out.
"So, you're ready to recognize Prince William as the rightful monarch of the United Kingdom?" Zhu Jishi glanced at Edward VII, who had a straight military uniform and looked very heroic.
"It can't be!" Edward VII cried out, "I am the rightful monarch of England!" ”
Zhu Jishi looked at Albert and Victoria again.
"Yes, Edward is the rightful king of England." Albert said with an eyebrow twist.
"That means China should talk to King Edward about an armistice?"
“…… This ......" Edward VII's face suddenly wrinkled. Being a king who pays reparations for land is not a face-saving thing!
"The treaty with Edward is not binding on the usurpers who are currently entrenched in London." Empress Victoria whispered, "If China wants a treaty, it can sign with the Indian Empire, and I can cede to China East Bengal, Ceylon and Singapore, as well as several islands in the Indian Ocean that fall under the jurisdiction of the Indian Empire." It can also bear a large amount of reparations, and I know that your Jason Holdings has suffered a lot of losses in this war and revolution. There are also some Daming consortiums that have also suffered losses, so why don't you add another 500 million yuan to compensate? ”
Anyway, it was India's Ah San's money, and Queen Victoria generously doubled the originally negotiated compensation of 500 million Chinese dollars.
&nb billion dollars? Zhu Jishi smiled and asked, "It's twice as good as it was originally said, it won't be unconditional, right?" ”
"You can take this 1o billion Chinese dollars as a British reparation." Victoria said tentatively.
The British lost the world war and asked the Indians to pay the reparations, and the imagination of this empress is really rich......
"The Ming Empire alone has spent 8o billion on military spending!" Zhu Jishi said with a calm face. Of course, it is impossible for the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty to spend 8o billion, but counting the military expenditure of the Great China countries that participated in the war and the economic losses caused by the war, it is almost this amount.
"You're not really going to make me lose that much, are you?" The empress looked at Zhu Jishi pitifully.
"Oh, of course not." Zhu Jishi, who had paid an extra 500 million yuan, shook his head with a smile, "1o billion is 1o billion......
In fact, money is just a number for the Ming Dynasty or the Great China Empire, and the current Chinese yuan is not a currency linked to gold and silver, but a land-based currency, and the collateral of the currency is land.
From this point of view, the expenses of the Ming Empire and the Great Chinese States in this war can be compensated by the additional land security of Huayuan. According to the annex to the Treaty of the Great China Empire on the issuance of the Chinese Dollar, the Great China countries were to set aside a certain percentage of arable land, pasture or forest land according to the amount of land harvested in this war, as a guarantee for the issuance of the Chinese Dollar, and handed it over to the Bank of Great China to be responsible for the management and operation. And this measure not only completely solves the guarantee problem of billions of Chinese dollars overissued due to the war, but can even support the issuance of hundreds of billions of Chinese dollars.
"So, with whom should the arrangements for Guojie and Helena to be the kings and queens of South China, and the treaty of cession of the islands of New Zealand and the British Pacific islands?" Zhu Jishi then raised two more legal issues. It is clear that the leaders of socialist Britain would not be willing to sign a humiliating treaty.
"There will be a one-person-one-vote referendum in Australia's six colonies to decide whether to unite the six colonies into a kingdom ruled by King Chu and Queen Helena." Robert. Churchill explained, "As for New Zealand...... According to our research, there is a large discrepancy between the English and Maori versions of the Treaty of Waitangi and is therefore invalid and illegal. ”
'Qiu Fat Man is quite good at finding the bottom of the stairs! Zhu Jishixin said that the results of the referendums in Australia's six colonies are beyond doubt, and this is simply a referendum under the bayonet, and if it is passed, more than one million white people in Australia can still have the same citizenship rights as the Chinese. If they can't get through, the Chinese army will destroy them by force!
Once New Zealand's "Treaty of Waitangi" is annulled, it will no longer be a British territory, and there is no problem with how the Ming wants to deal with them In this era, there are less than 2oo white people in Australia, and there are only tens of thousands of white people in New Zealand, and they can't resist the invasion of the Ming Dynasty at all.
"Then sign a Peace Treaty between Greater China and India." Zhu Jishi nodded, he had no intention of embarrassing the exiled British royal family and government, "But I have abdicated, and this matter has to be discussed with the current Son of Heaven." Robert, how about you take a trip to Yingtian? ”
"Okay, no problem."
Now that the "Great China Imperial Treaty" has been signed, although the Great China Committee, the Great China Parliament, the Great China High Court and other institutions have not yet been formed, Zhu Guoxiong has concurrently served as the Great China Emperor and issued an edict to let the various institutions of the Ming Central Committee temporarily act as the central organs of Greater China.
At this time, Zhu Jishi and others found that they had come to the place where the carriage was waiting, and the British royal family was arranged in the mansion of the new Japanese king Tokugawa Ieyuki next to Otsu Miyagi, about 5 miles away from Otsu Miyagi.
"Victoria, Albert, I've sent it here."
“…… Thank you for your hospitality, and when we settle down in India, we hope to invite you to visit Kolkata. Queen Victoria replied with a smile.
"Oh, I'm looking forward to visiting India and hopefully seeing a thriving new India." Zhu Jishi nodded, and shook hands with the dignitaries of the British royal family and the government-in-exile one by one to say goodbye. Then I watched the convoy leave, but my heart was suddenly filled with a different kind of thought.
He is looking forward to the future of this world.
There is no doubt that after the agreement with the British royal family on the issue of peace treaty, this world war will be over. Although this full stop is not perfect, it is a full stop after all. Maybe there will be another war in 2o or 3o years, but an era of peace has definitely come. And the Great China Empire has also become the most powerful empire in the world! is the overlord of this world!
The existence of the Roman Eastern and Western Empires, the German Empire, and the three great socialist powers determined that there was simply no way for white European civilization to unite against Greater China...... Of course, this is an overwhelming advantage in hard power. In terms of soft power, Daming is still a little behind.
Greater China can get to this point, relying on "Westernization"! Although it cannot be said to be completely Westernized, almost all of them are copying the West in terms of military, science and technology, education, and political systems! From the point of view of civilizational and cultural confrontation, Greater China is not the winner, but only thanks to its large population and abundant resources, as well as the division of the Western world, it has risen to the throne of hegemony, much like the Russian Empire after Peter the Great, which became a major power on the European continent in one fell swoop thanks to its large numbers and Westernized reforms.
But after achieving world hegemony, Greater China should also make a difference in improving its soft power. The future China should be a combination of East and West, and Western science and Eastern philosophy should have a place. Only in this way can Ming be regarded as truly having the capital for long-term confrontation with Western civilization!
In addition, the Great Chinese Empire also needs a new post-war order, with such a new order, the Great Chinese Empire can truly become the leader of the world. Perhaps, there should also be an international alliance led by the Great Chinese Empire or something. (To be continued......)