"What's wrong with not taking back Hong Kong within 10 years, it's just a shame. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info What happened to not letting Vietnam stand for a hundred years, and France can challenge China's hegemony in East Asia? But if we don't compete with Americans in 10 years, we won't be the world's number one power. What competes with the United States is a hard-lever national strength! ”

Gu Weijun couldn't understand at this time, the Americans were too well disguised, they had not set foot in world affairs for hundreds of years, and they were tossing around in the Americas, and they were vigorously emphasizing peace and opening the door in the old continent, but in Europe they were very domineering, what Monroe Doctrine, interventionism, and Mexico made them cut off more than half of the country.

"How many armies did the Americans raise in this war?"

"3 million!"

Gu Weijun is clear.

"Do you think there is a problem with the Americans forming 6 million people, 10 million people?"

Gu Weijun shook his head.

"Then do you think Britain and France have the strength?"

Gu Weijun shook his head.

Yang Chao said: "So you should understand who is the threat and who is the opponent, unless your eyes are still soaking in the bathhouse of East Asia, and you can't see the vast Pacific Ocean." ”

Gu Weijun nodded, but was still puzzled: "But the Americans want to advocate peace." ”

"!"

Yang Chao sneered.

"Who can stand in their way? They will be peaceful if they want peace, and they will be domineering if they want to be domineering. When the Americans rushed out of the American continent, it was when they became hegemonic. At that time, it will be too late to stop them. ”

Europeans have long known the question of the potential of the United States, and the theory of the American threat was very fashionable before 1900. But in recent years, European careerists, or a group of people with unique vision, have begun to exaggerate **********, and Gu Weijun's group still thinks that this is a good thing, and they are proud of it.

Gu Weijun said: "But the Americans are far away from the ocean, but Britain and France are on the side of the couch. ”

Yang Chao said: "This is the crux of the matter, Britain and France are on our side, this is a card, we must continue to mention, continue to render, so that the whole world knows that we are a country that is oppressed by others, and we are a country with chains on our backs." And the Americans, who are closer to Europe, are more of a threat to Europe. And we must stress that we have no ambitions for Europe, we only care about Asia, and the Strait of Malacca is our boundary. ”

These people are too tender, think about China in later generations, always tell people that we are a developing country, but there is a group of big fat people on the street, and the neighboring countries are known as developed countries, and eating meat is like the New Year.

When it's time to pretend to be a grandson, you have to pretend to be a grandson, shouting in a straight voice, thinking that you are powerful, that is the Italian Mussolini!

"Is Taoguang obscure?"

Gu Weijun pondered.

"That's right, Taoguang is obscure, the Americans have been playing, but unfortunately they jumped out too early in this World War, they thought they could take this opportunity to gain the ability to intervene in European forces, but unfortunately Britain and France are very consistent in their attitude towards the United States, that is, to resolutely resist the infiltration of American forces into Europe. You see, the Americans are going to support Germany next, and they need Germany to challenge Britain and France again, and at least to stick a nail in the coffin in Europe. And then they will definitely bite the British and French. ”

With Yang Chao's assertion, Gu Weijun slowly began to pay attention to the United States, and he stared at every move of the Americans, so he naturally had to stare at some cats, and he found that the Americans really began to call on all parties to reduce Germany's reparations.

The United States was so good to Germany that after the war the United States did not ask for reparations at all, but to the victorious Britain, they did not reduce a dime of their debts, they could reduce the debts of Italy, Belgium, and France, but they never reduced the debts of the British.

The current debt is held by the U.S. government, which is the beginning of inter-state debt. Prior to the First World War, the world's financing and bonds were mainly circulated between private individuals, whether private or state-borrowed, from private individuals. But in this war, the Americans pioneered the model of inter-state debt.

At the beginning of the war, Britain and France were borrowing from the United States through the Morgan Group, and the debt holders were all private Americans. But as the war continued, especially after Russia withdrew from the war, the debt of Britain and France became less reliable and prices plummeted. The United States then entered the war, and others said that it was the capitalists to protect its debts, which of course made sense, and the capitalists were the biggest force in lobbying the government to enter the war. But who's to say that Wilson and a large group of other professional politicians are not borrowing the hands of capitalists to push the country into the war and thus seize international status.

After the United States entered the war, Morgan and other bankers immediately sold their British and French bonds to the U.S. government, and they persuaded the U.S. government to accept the bonds, and as a result, the United States issued far more bonds than Britain and France, ate British and French bonds, and replaced private individuals as British and French creditors. In this way, Morgan and others exchanged the low-credit bonds of Britain and France with strong American bonds. Some people say that bankers are the biggest beneficiaries, but in Yang Chao's view, Wilson's talents are the biggest beneficiaries, because Wilson has given the U.S. government the right to speak on Britain and France by accepting British and French debts.

The Morgan Group gains economic benefits, but ultimately loses the power to control the state, and who wins?

Through the encouragement of the Americans again and again, Gu Weijun and others gradually saw through the real thoughts behind the Americans, shouting to reduce the burden on the Germans and restore the vitality of the German economy, but they were not supporting Germany's strength behind their backs. Britain and France linked the issue of German reparations with the problem of British and French debts, and told the Americans, don't you want to reduce Germany's debt, then reduce our debt, and we will not ask the Germans for money.

Of course, Americans can't do that, even if Wilson wants to, like he doesn't take the Chinese Exclusion Act seriously in his heart, but he can't ignore the power of the people, he doesn't want to lose power. Once the U.S. government says it will reduce its debt to Britain and France, someone will deal with them, not to mention Wilson's aim is to weaken Britain and France, especially Britain, so it is impossible to reduce the debt of Britain and France.

So the second hot issue of the Washington meeting was the German debt problem.

"Why don't you support the American view of debt?"

The United States and Britain and France quarreled fiercely, but the Chinese collectively lost their voices, which made everyone feel a little incredible, at the time of the Paris Peace Conference, Yang Chao was still interfering in diplomacy, Lu Zhengxiang expressed the hope that everyone would not pay reparations, and then Europe reconciled and world peace.

"But didn't you say that the United States is our greatest threat?"

Wang Zhengting was puzzled, Gu Weijun was also puzzled, but he didn't speak, he was not used to following others in everything, he had his opinion.

Yang Chao sighed: "So what? We are competitors with the United States, but that doesn't mean we don't have a common discourse with the Americans. Learn to do business with your enemies, even if it's the price of your meat. At this point, you are too far behind Li Hongzhang and his group. Learn from the British, how fiercely they fought and how many people died during the war, but the British now tell the world that everyone should be kind to the Germans. It was too hard to tell the French not to suppress Germany. You try to get the Germans to form their navy again, what is the reaction of the British? ”

Yang Chao asked again: "Do you know who our best ally in Europe is at this stage?" ”

Wang Zhengting said: "Germany? ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Germany will never be able to stand up, even if they stand up again, they will be defeated." ”

Gu Weijun said: "Could it be that Britain united with Britain to support Germany and muddy the waters of Europe?" ”

Gu Weijun believes that this goal is very right, and it has disrupted Europe, and China's power in East Asia is solid, and it can rest assured that it can compete with the United States for world hegemony.

Yang Chao shook his head: "The old king is not dead yet, how can the new king ascend the throne?" The British are still the current world hegemon, the United States and us are just challengers, and our strength is still behind the Americans. So we can join forces with the Americans to kill the old king, but we can't let the old king die too quickly. So we have to let Britain this old guy before we surpass the United States in strength. That's why I gave Britain a loan of 5 billion to continue to stabilize the pound and resist the dollar's control over Europe. But Britain will eventually be hit, and it is time to start supporting Germany. So it's okay to sing high notes with the Americans and say good things to the Germans. But Germany is definitely not our ally, a natural ally, that is, there is no fundamental conflict of interest, there is no threat to each other, but there are common goals and demands. Like France and Russia, both countries need to confront Germany and have no colonial disputes with each other. ”

"You mean France?"

Gu Weijun couldn't help but be confused, he also thought that Yang Chao's support for Germany was because of the pro-German complex that was rumored in the outside world.

"Is there a better alternative than France? So the Vietnam issue can be put aside, and it is unlikely that this country will be of the same mind as us anyway. Remember, once Vietnam is too easy to get established, they will definitely expand in Indochina, and Cambodia and Laos are both targets for Vietnam to annex. Once Vietnam annexes these two places, it will become the second most powerful country in East Asia after China, do you think they don't have any ideas? So Vietnam can stand up, but it must be after Cambodia and Laos. We can make a private deal with the French, who are more receptive to Laos and Cambodia, and France means a lot to them and will not let go until the last minute. ”

Gu Weijun didn't believe it at all, the Vietnamese are still someone else's colony, and now it is too unpurposeful to predict that they will annex neighboring countries?

"Don't believe it, East Asian countries, to be precise, Vietnam, North Korea and Japan, which have been influenced by China for generations, have the kind of great power feelings in Chinese culture, and the Chinese cannot accept being a small country, and the Vietnamese will never accept being a small country, this is the kind of imperial thinking rooted in Chinese culture."

Yang Chao explained. (To be continued.) )