Section 266 Reconciliation with the British Empire

"You can think about working with the British. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Americans are so greedy, they can't hate to swallow your bones. The British are different. They exploited oil in Persia, crossed the Indian Ocean to Burma, and then took the Yunnan-Burma Railway. This distance is much closer than in the United States. ”

"And the British Empire is not the American hillbillies, they are gentlemen, and they won't bother with you. After this war, Britain is still Britain, just like it was hundreds of years before, and it is still a world empire. The Americans' spherical appearance can't be changed for 800 years. ”

Wang Qiu was very surprised by Yang Chao's attitude, the Yang Chao he knew used to be unapologetic about the British Empire.

But now listening to Yang Chao's tone, he is a pro-British element, an admirer of the British Empire.

Although he didn't know what he was thinking about as the chairman, Wang Qiu could only nod: "I'll think about it later." ”

He is not very urgent now, because after the war, the British relieved his pressure, and he didn't need to fight with Rockefeller, but now the Rockefeller people are constantly looking for him, but he can't even see the Rockefeller people now.

Wang Qiu is not a real businessman, he is the same as Zhang Jian, the so-called industry to save the country, industry can save the country before they do industry, industry is only a means, not an end.

The purpose of businessmen to do business is because of profits, industry can make money, they run industry, and if industry can't make money, they won't do it, these are two kinds of motives, which determine two different people and ways of doing things.

And Wang Qiu is not the same as Zhang Jian, his dedication is heavier, and he wants to make a difference in his career.

So this time because Mi Qing went to Guangdong, he proudly re-served as the Minister of Propaganda, he attached great importance to this opportunity, and he was very active in doing things, and the affairs of the chemical fiber factory were completely handed over to his subordinates to do.

After Wang Qiu left, Yang Chao began to think.

He did not rashly let Wang Qiu get close to the British Empire, this was a deep strategic purpose.

Although the Entente and the Allies are still in a stalemate after the war, Yang Chao is convinced that Germany is bound to lose, and geopolitics determines that they will definitely lose, and the manpower and material resources cannot catch up with the British, and now the Germans cannot afford to play this kind of war of attrition.

But after the war, China's current momentum has obviously replaced Japan's position in East Asia, and the British will definitely come back after the war, and if Japan exists, they will definitely choose to support Japan to balance China and maintain the balance in East Asia, which is what a world empire must do.

However, after Yang Chao defeated Japan and completely controlled Japan, the British would have to cooperate with China if they wanted to enter the East Asian region.

Compared with the United States, Yang Chao is more inclined to cooperate with the United Kingdom, after all, the potential of the United States is too great, and if this guy grows up and becomes the world hegemon, he will not be able to defeat him.

But the British are different, the British are very knowledgeable about current affairs, when their strength is not enough to support them to build a British Empire, they know how to take the initiative to shrink, and a small United Kingdom can be satisfied.

The mentality of the British people who have changed from a big nation to a small nation is very puzzling, how can the people of a glorious empire accept the status of a sub-regional power in just a few decades?

If the British still did not give up building a big empire after World War II, not to mention India, just the manpower and material resources of the British island, Australia, South Africa and Canada could still support them to make a big empire, but they shrunk and handed over hegemony to the United States, supporting the United States to replace them in confronting the Soviet Union.

Moreover, the British have a strong sense of racism and are more likely to accept non-Christian countries like China than France, which has always refused to give up the mentality of a great power, so it is time to start rapprochement with the British, hoping to replace the relationship between the United States and Britain, form a Sino-British alliance, and be ready to take over the hegemonic scepter in the hands of Britain after World War II.

Of course, the question of whether World War II will happen, Yang Chao feels that it is not a problem, and with him, he will not allow World War II to not be fought.

"First, we demand that Japan surrender immediately and unconditionally, and they must give up all their territory on the main road and cede it unconditionally to China."

"Second, Japan must exchange Taiwan for China in its entirety. In addition, it has always been our principle to guarantee the independence of the DPRK and the national sovereignty of the East Asian region. ”

"Thirdly, Japan must disarm, we do not seek to annex Japan, but Japan must bind their army at 100,000 men, and disband all navies, and they must not have any shipbuilding."

Under Yang Chao's operation, the Chinese cabinet immediately set the tone of its diplomacy toward Japan and approached Japan through the British.

But the Japanese flatly refused, and it seems that they have not yet reached the end of the mountain.

The British also had a hard time accepting this request, they had a hard time accepting that there was only one great power in East Asia, and they could not tolerate this regional imbalance.

"I think we can talk about the issue of the British issuing bonds in Shanghai!"

Yang Chao immediately threw a bait to the British, and met with the British Minister Zhu Erdian in a private capacity to discuss the British bond affairs of Yangzi Bank.

The British have already borrowed $5 billion from the United States, and the $5 billion that France and Russia have borrowed from the United States is also guaranteed by the British, with the 12,000 tons of gold in the British treasury as a guarantee, of course, there are not so many now, at least half of them have been shipped to the United States.

Therefore, it is also necessary for the British to open up another channel of borrowing, which is also urgently needed by the British, and Shanghai is undoubtedly the best choice, especially since it is still a silver standard market, which will not affect their gold reserves, and the British believe that they will be able to exchange silver cheaply from the United States to pay the interest in the Chinese market.

"What about the conditions? Help China oppress Japan and agree to those conditions that are impossible to agree? ”

The British minister, who chatted with Yang Chao, was quite disdainful, saying that in his opinion, the Japanese had not yet reached that point and were not yet ready to accept this general condition of surrender, and the British believed that Japan still had the strength to fight a war.

Yang Chao shook his head: "No, no, no, we will solve Japan's problems ourselves." We just want to maintain a proper friendship with the British Empire. ”

This surprised Zhu Erdian, who heard Yang Chao's overtures, and during his tenure, Yang Chao was always an unstable element.

He often made the British Empire big, and it can be said that the current situation in the Far East, whether it is Russia losing influence in this generation, or Japan is now drawn into the war, is single-handedly provoked by this person.

It's just that this man still has great power, so that the British can't touch him, and now he is courting.

Zhu Erdian was very skeptical: "I'm afraid Lord Yang has other ideas, right?" ”

With his understanding of Yang Chao, it is clear that Yang Chao is the kind of person who is extremely realistic, it is impossible to be emotional, and he must have other plans.

"Yes. He believed that even if the British Empire won the war and returned to the East after the war, it should need China's cooperation. We are more than happy to work with the British Empire to build a new order in East Asia, and we are not Germany, and we cannot do such crazy things as challenging the world order. ”

Yang Chao smiled, very honest, just like Mi Qing thinks, no matter how shameless the content is, there can be no psychological barriers. (To be continued.) )