Zhu Jishi and Robert. Churchill's relationship is really in response to Viscount Palmerston's famous words "There are no permanent friends, [email protected]/* */, [email protected]/* */?quality, national interests come first, and personal friendship comes second." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Don't say it's Qiu Fatzi's friend of wine and meat, even Empress Mathilde, who slept with Emperor Zhu and gave birth to a son, can still turn her face with Emperor Zhu when necessary!

Will. Of course, Haiming also thinks the same way, and after listening to Qiu Fatzi's arrangement for dividing Sino-Japanese relations, he sighed, shook his head, and said: "Robert, the idea of using Europe to fight against China is good, but you still underestimate the strength of Japan's pro-China faction. In my opinion, this country will eventually join China. ”

Robert. Churchill smiled: "So what? As long as New Japan can join the European Union, our goal will be achieved. It's just a minor nuisance for Jason...... In order to maintain the glory of the British Empire, it is necessary to start from various aspects, and Japan is only one of the less important aspects, not even as important as the Federation of Indochina. ”

Hearing Qiu Fatzi mention the Federation of Indochina, Will. Hemming immediately thought of the king of Annam, Nguyen Phuc Anh, who was brought to Singapore by the fat man. He smiled and asked, "Indochina Federation?" Robert, this is the country you invented, right? I've never heard of this country. ”

Robert. Churchill snorted coldly, sipped his cigar and said, "This country will soon appear...... The British Empire needs it to appear, so it will definitely appear! This time, I brought King Annam to Singapore to form a federation of Indochina. For this country must nominally include the entire Kingdom of Annam, the Kingdom of Burma, and most of the princely states of Malaya. In order to resist the southward movement of the Ming Empire. We must unite the people of Indochina as much as possible. Form a powerful nation-state! He spoke with a rare seriousness. I probably know that what I have to do is not easy.

In fact, the idea of establishing a federation of Indochina was jointly proposed by the British War Office and the Admiralty. Both divisions are now preparing for a possible world war in 20 years. They first studied the possessions of the British Empire and its allies, and then divided them into four classes: they had to hold on, they tried to hold on, they had to fight for it, and they could give it up - for example, Britain proper, the United States of America, Russia proper, India, the Commonwealth of Canada, Australia and New Zealand and their nearby islands, the Kingdom of Hawaii, and so on! The loss of any of these pieces would mean a great crisis for the British Empire.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire (currently under negotiation and expected to be established soon), Greece, Egypt, the Constantinople region and the British islands of the Mediterranean, the coast of East Africa, the coast of the Arabian Sea, the Cape Colony, the Strait of Malacca, the Dutch East Indies, Gibraltar, the Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde and other islands in the Atlantic Ocean are among the areas that are trying to hold. The loss of any of these areas meant that the British Empire was one step closer to defeat.

The British islands in the Caribbean, the small British territories near the Atlantic side of Central America and South America, and British Palestine are all territories that do not matter if they are abandoned. In fact, there is no way to guard it either.

In addition, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and its West African possessions, Persia, the Turkish Empire, the Atacama Desert, Afghanistan, the Confederate States of America, and the Indochina Peninsula are all areas that must be contested - and they should be fought for immediately, not after the outbreak of a major war. And the way of contention, of course, is also based on diplomacy.

Will. Hemming shook his head: "It is not easy to pinch the countries of the Indochina Peninsula together, they have never been unified in history. And the language, culture, and religion are not very different. Their stance on China is also not unified, the Kingdom of Siam is a Chinese state, and their Bangkok dynasty also claims to be a Chinese dynasty, using the Chinese surname Zheng, and now it is still a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, which is basically counted as entering China. ”

"But we still have Burmese, Annam and Malays to take advantage of." Robert. Churchill had no illusions about Siam either. I don't know if it's because they have been killed by Burmese people a lot in history. Or because there are so many people who become monks, in short, the population of this country that occupies the most fertile land of the Indochina Peninsula is very small. Before Zhu Jishi revived the Ming Dynasty, it was less than 5 million. In the past ten years, under the promotion of Zhu Jishi, more than 8 million Chinese have immigrated to Siam from China proper, which has turned the Kingdom of Siam into a real Chinese country, and Siam has long been a member of the Great China Customs Union, and its economy has long been integrated with the Ming Dynasty, and there is no possibility of independence at all.

"In fact, the ethnic policy pursued by the Ming Empire also determined that the Burmese, Annamand and Malays would inevitably become the enemies of the Ming Dynasty!" Robert. Churchill snuffed out the cigar in his hand, then took out a Cuban cigar from his pocket, took a few puffs, and said, "Jason's policy is different from what we originally envisioned, he is not uniting all the yellow race, he is only uniting the yellow race of East Asia...... The indigenous people of Indochina and the indigenous people of the South Seas are not at all within the scope of his unity. They will all be victims of the expansion of the Ming Empire, with the Annam and Borneo natives already unlucky, followed by the Burmese, Malays, and Dutch East Indies. ”

"The Malays and the Dutch East Indies have been out of luck!" Will. Hemming showed a dissatisfied expression, "The United Rubber Company controlled by Jason is like a cancer, expanding everywhere in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines!" In just a few years, nearly 1,000 large-scale plantations have been established, and more than 15 million acres of land have been mastered. There were more than 5 million Chinese living on those plantations, and each plantation had its own governing body and armed forces. Honestly, I really want to order the banning of this damn rubber company! ”

He was indignant there, but if he really wanted to approve his ban on the United Rubber Company in Malaya, he would not dare to do it. Because in the Malay Peninsula alone, the United Rubber Company controls 205 large plantations, where more than 1 million Chinese live and more than 100,000 people can be mobilized to fight with guns. The entire British force in Singapore and Malaya is 10,000 guns, and if they really want to fight, the unlucky ones will definitely be the British.

Qiu Fatzi smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need to ban the United Rubber Company, we probably don't have such strength." In fact, the actions of the United Rubber Company were not without its benefit in stimulating the national consciousness of the indigenous people of the South Seas. What we need to do now is to channel this national consciousness and make the people of the South Seas and Indochina Peninsula stand up and say no to the Chinese, and at the same time form a united and strong federation. Let them stand in front and fight Chinese, while we, the British Empire...... will support their struggle in spirit and weapons and ammunition! ”

"Robert, is this united and powerful federation a dependency of the British Empire?" Will. Hemming suddenly thought of something a little sensitive.

"Of course not!" Robert. Churchill rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "This federation will be an independent state...... It would include most of the Malay Peninsula, all of the Kingdom of Annam, Upper Burma, and in due course Lower Burma. However, Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands, now part of the Dutch East Indies, will all fall under the jurisdiction of the Straits Settlements. His voice was already deep: "Will, these areas are at the throat of the Strait of Malacca, and there is absolutely no room for error. I will send another 10,000 troops from India to you to command, and you must be well armed. In addition, all the Chinese in Singapore must be relocated, and they are not welcome here! (To be continued.) )