"Qin, the person you sent to New York to deliver the letter has returned. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Morgan wrote you back. Duncan walked into the garden with a letter, Qin Lang immediately ended his discussion with Elizabeth about chemistry, stood up and took Morgan's reply from him, and then immediately opened it and read it quickly.

Qin Lang had been waiting for this letter for forty days, and now, it had finally arrived.

What Morgan writes is very simple. The Wall Street Emperor first affirmed all his previous and first inferences, and said that he had been in contact with the leaders and financiers of other consortiums, and finally, he asked three questions: how to persuade the US government to support the consortium's actions; how to induce the Qing government to accept loans from American conglomerates; How to reduce interference from European countries.

It was an expected reply. Qin Lang had long anticipated that by the time Morgan received his letter, he must have known the outcome of the Battle of Toshima and the Battle of Chenghuan, and had figured out the situation between China and Japan, and possibly even the deployment and objectives. Then he will realize his correctness and become interested in his plan.

Morgan would then like to know more about what the plan is about.

Qin Lang smiled, put away Morgan's reply, turned his head and made an apologetic gesture to Elizabeth: "Our discussion can only end here, Elizabeth, I have to go and write a reply to Mr. Morgan." ”

"Looks like your plan is almost successful, Qin." She said with a smile on her face, happy for him.

"That's pretty much it." He replied cheerfully, and walked briskly to his room as he began to conceive of the contents of the second letter.

"It will not be difficult to convince the government to support the actions of the consortium...... Qin Lang decided to start with this. There is at least one good reason to convince the U.S. government: last year's Hawaii incident. As an industrially developed two-ocean power, it may be forgivable to be threatened by the British navy, but it is threatened by the Japanese navy......

“…… The president could be told unequivocally that if the federal government continued to retreat from the threat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it would seriously damage the international image of the United States...... The Federal Government should take a more proactive approach to these issues......"

Japan's threat to the United States in the Hawaii incident is entirely appropriate, and if the United States, which is on the rise, is always threatened by a small Asian country, His Excellency the President and the ruling party will probably soon pay the price. Grover. Cleveland's retreat last year has already been heavily criticized, and again? Democrats may be going crazy.

"......'Positive attitude' does not mean that there is a need for armed retaliation against Japan, and Mr. President should be aware that the expansion of American influence in the Far East can be very effective in containing Japan's further growth......"

Of course, the reason he could find was not only this--Qin Lang knew very well what the US government's plan was for the recent period: it was planning to seize the decaying Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and take the first step on its own path to great power.

The time will soon be ripe.

In the Caribbean, in September 1895, the rebellious Cuban Revolutionary Army will declare national independence, form a revolutionary government, and draft a provisional constitution. The Spanish government, despite its all-out repression, did not have the financial resources or the troops to carry out such a difficult task.

By 1897, Spain would have lost two-thirds of Cuban territory.

In the Philippines, it was in an equally dire situation - in 1896, a war of independence would begin in the Philippines under the leadership of the secret organization "Captinan". The incompetence of the Spanish army will be fully manifested. By 1898, almost the entire Philippine archipelago would be occupied by the rebels.

Of course, Manila was still in the hands of the Spaniards at that time, but it was also surrounded by rebel armies, and it was only a matter of time before it fell.

At this point, the time for the U.S. government to wait is officially ripe. As long as the second class ironclad ship "Maine" exploded smoothly and perfectly, the Spanish-American war would begin immediately.

This seems to have nothing to do with convincing the government to support the consortium's actions, but Qin Lang can find a second reason: whether it is attacking the Philippines or Guam, the US Navy needs a military base. Despite the fact that historically, the place of departure of the Asian fleet was Hong Kong, however...... Why did the U.S. Navy go to Hong Kong to see the faces of the British?

“…… It can be proposed to the government to establish a concession in Canton Bay by borrowing money from the Qing government, and to build a naval base there as a springboard for the interests of the Far East......"

The US Navy would certainly not refuse such a wonderful proposal, which would not only allow it to obtain a base in the Far East, but also to apply to Congress for more appropriations on the grounds of "building a naval fort and patrol fleet."

“…… Don't worry about Congress," Qin Lang continued, "Congressmen from the New England states certainly don't want the Asian Fleet to look at the British in Hong Kong, and at the same time, lending money to the Chinese government will not only expand American influence in China, but also help weaken the control of other countries over China......"

For the British, French, German, and Russian governments, the high level of borrowing from the Qing government was never an economic issue, but a political one, and it was a very effective means that had to be taken to control China's economy.

Tsarist Russia, for example, united with France in providing loans to the Qing government for the main purpose of gaining control of the customs - only partially, of course. His Majesty the Tsar was well aware that his country was not yet qualified and capable of snatching away the Chinese customs under the control of Mr. Hurd, so he adopted a step-by-step approach.

The first step, of course, is to obtain the power to manage and supervise customs revenues through the method of "interest sharing" and borrowing from China as a means. Then, on the loan statement signed by China and Russia, the Russians opened a big back door for themselves: "This money is being repaid...... In the event of a disruption or delay, the Russian government ...... It shall be responsible to the syndicate of banks that have signed the loan contract and shall advance the amount necessary for the payment of the principal and interest due on schedule, provided that the Chinese Government shall separately allow Russia to increase the guarantee with other proceeds......"

Thank God, Qin Lang still remembers this passage entirely because of his middle school history teacher...... In this way, he should be grateful to the "angry youth" history teacher who hated Russia to the core, a shriveled old man in his sixties who was rehired by the school......

In any case, he did now understand some of the Russian plans: through the back door reserved in the loan declaration, it had obtained a pretext to expand the scope of the mortgage and thereby tighten its control over customs power.

However, compared with Britain and Germany, Russia's appetite does not seem to be very great - also thanks to the blessing of the history teacher, Qin Lang also has a little understanding of the requirements made by Britain and Germany when they provided loans to the Qing government.

First, Britain and Germany demanded that the Qing government explicitly determine that the Yangtze River valley was their sphere of influence and could not lease it to other countries, and at the same time, because the customs duties could not fully repay the loan within the time limit, the salt tax and the centigold also became collateral items; The second time, they received customs duties at inland gates, as well as salt taxes from Hubei and Anhui.

Of course, of the two loans, it was the British who benefited the most, because it was the General Department of Taxation who received the right to collect customs duties and salt at the inland gates, and the director of the General Department of Revenue, as everyone knows, was Hurd.

Therefore, the price of the Qing government's borrowing from the British was that its own economic lifeline almost fell into the hands of the British.

And this is exactly the opportunity for the United States.

“…… The U.S. demands only a little less than those offered by its European rivals for the Qing government to be tempted, "although the vast majority of officials in the Qing government are fools who only care about the immediate troubles and do not care about the consequences, but not all of them are like this."

Some people must have seen the dangers of borrowing from Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, but historically, they had no choice: historically, the U.S. government was preparing for war with Spain, and the nativist and European factions of the American financial conglomerates were in a scuffle, so they were unable to intervene in the borrowing business.

But this time, the situation is completely different.

And, even the fools, will accept it if the American consortium proposes a more acceptable condition, and they find that accepting it will not cause displeasure in the European countries.

“…… As for how to persuade European countries not to use forceful means to interfere with the actions of the United States, I already have a solution, but it is not yet possible to make it public. I'll tell you myself when I return to the U.S. ”

The letter is finished. Qin Lang put it in an envelope and walked out of the room to hand it to another guard. "Bring it to New York and give it to John in person. Pierponte. Mr. Morgan. After getting the letter, I went straight back to Los Angeles—"

"Qin, we got another telegram from Morgan." Duncan suddenly ran over, followed by Elizabeth.

"What did he say?"

"'Go back to New York at once, a lot of people want to see you,'" Duncan read, then shrugged, "and it's clear that he can't wait." ”

"Obviously, he's not alone." Qin Lang smiled. "A lot of people want to see you," and there is no doubt that Morgan has made his plans public to consortium leaders and financiers.

"And what are you going to do?"

"Simple, send this letter to Morgan," he announced to the guards, then turning to Duncan, "we're going to Abyssinia." ”

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