Chapter 157: Terrible Opponent
Not only did the Chinese dynasties have such a strategy as "harmony", but the number of times that countries in European countries have been on "harmony" is really uncountable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ Info is best known for the grandmother of England, who managed to make almost all European royal families have "British blood".
The "harmony" in Europe is slightly different from the "harmony" of the Chinese dynasties, that is, European women also have the right to inherit, can have an inheritance in the family, and can also ascend the throne in the political show, for example, the Lithuanian woman Catherine who married the emperor of Tsarist Russia can become the empress of Tsarist Russia.
In addition, there is a relatively strange place in Europe, such as the nobility of other countries can also become the king or emperor of their own country, such as in 1714, Queen Anna of England died, because there was no heir, the choice of king became a big problem. Originally, the British king's relatives were scattered all over Europe, but because of the lessons of the Glorious Revolution, the ministers decided that they must choose a Protestant king. So Anna's cousin, the son of the Elector of Hanover, Germany, George. Ludwig. Feng. The Duke of Hanover was invited to England to ascend the throne as George I. This was the beginning of the English Hanover dynasty and the beginning of the Germanic lineage of the British royal family.
In view of the special political situation in Europe, in fact, countries really don't care so much about the political stance brought about by marriage, and that is why the French asked Li Qi to marry Elena as soon as possible. Monet deserves a strange place.
In fact, not only did Li Qi not understand so well, but other countries also felt strange. Li Qi is not a king, and he does not even have the possibility of becoming the supreme leader of a country for the time being, and if the French want to change anything by relying on a marriage, they probably haven't woken up yet.
Elena. Monet was a French-trained spy? Are France's intelligence agencies so magical? When LΓΌch was still a colonel-level officer, he found that Litch had the potential to become the supreme leader of Germany, and then specially arranged for Yelena. Monet met Richie and knew that Richie would take Elena. Monet brought back to Germany and even developed to the point of getting married?
If the French intelligence agencies had this ability, their performance in the war should be even more brilliant, and it can even be said that God should block and kill God, and Buddha should block and kill Buddha, but the performance of the French can only be said to be strong, and there is nothing outstanding at all.
[It can only be said that the French think that one of my compromises is their victory, and even think that they can hold me down? γ
It seems that it can only be explained that there is more than one wonderful country in Europe, but France is definitely a flower on that wonderful place, especially in the pursuit of romance.
The rest were gone, leaving behind the British representative, Jerry. Phillips.
Things are not going so easy in Britain right now. If Germany is facing a total economic collapse, Britain is facing an unstoppable depression.
Is it weird to have the world's largest colony and have an economic depression? But it's just that weird! Britain and the United States have signed a trade policy in the past, allowing American products to be sold in any British colony, and British products can naturally be sold in the United States, but the trade surplus between the two sides still exists.
The United States is the world's largest industrial nation, and even more so after the end of World War I. American products are now winning by volume, and at the same time, the Yankees are very cunning in buying more and increasing more. The exploitation of the workers by the capitalists in the United States was actually very serious, and after exploiting the workers to their heart's content, the prices of the products were still advantageous to the British. In this way, unless Britain dissolves bilateral trade relations, or simply restricts the entry of American goods into the British colonies, the Yankees will be able to do a lot of business in Britain's sphere of influence.
It's a pity that the British don't know why they never easily compete with the Yankees, the British are domineering when facing anyone, but they are forward-looking and cautious when facing the Yankees. Therefore, some historians in later generations will always laugh strangely and say that the British handed the scepter of the world hegemon to the Yankees very peacefully, and it is also the first time in the world that the hegemon changes do not begin with war and do not end with war.
In fact, it is really like that, looking through the history books of Britain, since the independence of the United States, Britain has really rarely confronted the United States, and it can even be said that even if Britain and the United States have a confrontation, it is mostly due to Britain's defeat.
If Britain and the United States have a confrontation, under normal circumstances, it is not a force, if other countries have a confrontation with Britain, Britain will basically immediately blow up its hair, showing the majesty of belonging to the world hegemon, even if it is far away, it will send troops to fight.
Richie knew about Jerry. Phillips wanted to say something.
Sure enough, Jerry. Phillips was asking Richie if he could get more gold, such as mobilizing some people in Bavaria to get their gold to England. In return, Jerry. Phillips promised Richie that Britain would be on their side when Richie needed it.
As the world hegemon, even if it is the world hegemon that has gradually sunset, Britain's influence in the world is still unparalleled. Any formal reply from Phillips only said that he would try.
Jerry. Phillips departed, and Richie sat down on the couch and pondered.
There is no doubt that Britain and the United States have fallen behind in the currency war, and that has to do with the fact that Britain has printed too much paper money before. In fact, no country in the world will print paper money in a one-to-one format, and the more cautious ones are three times, and the exaggerated ones are dozens of times.
No one knows how many times the UK is pegged to gold, but a little guess does know that it's an exaggerated ratio.
Currency is in fact built on confidence, and although there is a tendency for the UK to "fall off the altar", it is not so obvious. If Britain hadn't bought so much from the United States in World War I, it is estimated that the United States would not have held that much pound sterling.
In addition, it is estimated that the United Kingdom did not expect the United States to challenge the British pound's status as a currency in the world, but the United States really began to challenge. If it were for other countries, not to mention whether the credit of the pound would suffer, Britain would be very domineering in refusing to convert, the problem is that it is the Yankees who are exchanging it, it is the Yankees that the British do not dare to provoke, and the French who need to fight for it have also joined the exchange trend!
Li Qi is undoubtedly one of those who wonders why Britain "looks the other way" to the United States, but after participating in this era, he understands a little.
The geographical location of the United States is too unique, unless it has the strength to destroy the United States in one fell swoop, it is only to create a strong enemy for itself, or the kind of strong enemy that can retaliate in minutes.
Britain apparently felt that it could not destroy the United States, and if it could, there would be no American independence. Britain could not destroy the United States, and it was deeply aware that the United States was geographically too advantageous, and its policy was mainly to win over. It is estimated that the British also know that if anyone in the world can challenge their world hegemony, and Britain cannot resist, it can only exist between the United States.
Unable to extinguish and not wanting to exacerbate the contradictions, Britain can only get used to the United States, and as a result, it is used to prolonging the time for Britain to become the world hegemon, and even relying on the support of the United States to maintain the status of the world hegemon after the First World War, but the time for Britain to slide down the altar is only delayed, not stopped.
Looking at history, it is really like that, Britain's hegemony was very obedient and excessively given to the United States, and it was not Germany that ended Britain's world hegemony, but the United States.
In fact, Germany launched two world wars, and there was the shadow of the United States behind it, and it can only be said that the Yankees are really the wife...... Clever!
"Leader, Smith. Walker is coming. β
"Huh?"
Litchie was thinking, and he was waiting for Smith. Walker, sure enough, the latter came.
"Honorable leader." Smith. With a smile on his face, Walker took the lead in reaching out very politely, and after shaking hands, he said, "There were too many people present just now, and I couldn't clearly express my position." β
Li Qi was also laughing, and he had an expectant expression, "Oh? He waited for the following.
"It was precisely because of the irrationality of the Treaty of Versailles that we did not participate." Smith. Walker was referring to the fact that the U.S. delegation signed the peace treaty, but the U.S. president and Congress refused to sign it and withdrew from the League of Nations. "We fully support the leader's assertion that in order to adapt to the new international situation, the German Wehrmacht should be expanded," he said with a smile. I'm sorry I didn't help the leader just now, and I came back to make some necessary amends. β
Look, the Yankees actually want Richie to agree to some conditions, but no matter how nice people say, it is completely the spirit of a good person to appear again, which can not only achieve the goal but also make people grateful.
Richie is still more up-to-the-road, and he is very cautious about Smith. Walker thanked him and said, "Yes, I need friendship from the United States, like financially." β
"No problem, please say the leader. As long as we can do it, we are more than happy to do something for our leaders. "Smith. Walker later added, "That's what the president meant." β
Li Qicai will not be polite, he said a lot, for example, the delegation sent out will purchase materials in the United States, hoping that the US government can play a good role in communication between the delegation and enterprises, and then hope that the United States can give enough convenience on the issue of transportation.
"No problem, no problem at all." Smith. Walker is extremely happy, the United States is now in a situation of overproduction, and some people are only happy to buy on a large scale. He tried to say: "We can even give a concession where the government pays part of the difference, and in return hopes that the leaders will transfer the gold that might be sent to London to New York?" β
What is Richie's main purchase in the United States? In fact, the number of finished products is not so much, most of them are concentrated in agricultural products and oil, steel, and non-ferrous metals.
The U.S. doesn't really have much interest in selling raw materials. This is a country with a long-term vision, they have relevant operations, and they will give priority to the development of resources outside the country, even if the resources outside the country are more expensive than the resources within the country, but they are very careful about the storage of resources.
As a country that has ambitions to become a world hegemon, what the United States hopes most now is that someone will be able to challenge Britain again, militarily and in a life-and-death war on a very large scale. In view of these needs, the United States could make some necessary concessions to Germany, even if they seemed to be very bad.
This time Wasser. Funk, Adolf. Hitler and others went to the United States, except for friendly visits, the original intention was to persuade the US government to open the door to convenience. Walker himself mentioned it first.
After the First World War, the United States became Germany's largest trading partner, and later the United States even sold raw materials and injected money into Germany on a large scale.
Richie smiled cheerfully, and he simply talked to Smith. Walker talked for a moment, and then small talk.
The performance on the political game is never in place all at once, Li Qi will perform his own performance, and the United States will also give the necessary response, but that will require a process, as for whether the script will change, and what kind of change it will be, it depends on the actual needs of both sides.
Smith. Walker left, and was very happy to go, because Leach hinted that he would not transport gold to England again, but would instead get Smith. After Walker's pledge to take out the loan, Mr. Rich said that the United States was indeed its true friend.
"They don't have that good intentions." Hans. Luther came from behind, and he said, "Their intentions are even quite sinister." β
Hans. Luther was now a member of the National Socialist Workers' Party. Feng. When Falkingham is elected, he will no longer hold the post of chancellor, but will become president of the Deutsche Rijbank.
Because then he would become the head of the National Bank, Hans. Luther's mindset has changed now, and financial matters, for example, have become a top priority. What he is worried about now is more realistic: although the bank is called the "Deutsche National Bank", in fact the bank does not belong to the state, but is controlled by the capital power of the United States.
"Trust me, everything will change. Until that changes, America will be our friend. "Richie snatched Hans. Luther was not embarrassed or embarrassed. He said like a magic stick: "In the end, it doesn't take much effort on our part, they will automatically quit if they want us to do something." β
Will things really be like that? If history hadn't changed, history would have been like that, so the Yankees could have really done it in order to get Germany to start another war and challenge Britain.
Hans. Luther didn't come to talk about that, he was here to report on what he was responsible for, about some issues related to the election.
In a week or so, the German elections will begin, and according to opinion polls, the election of the presidential candidate of the National Socialist Workers' Party is a foregone conclusion! (To be continued.) )