Because of the limited population of Britain and the extremely large population of the colonies, that is, the limited output and the vast market, it was clearly a seller's market in short supply, and in theory domestic demand alone could allow British industry to continue to develop steadily. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this was not the case, as the "stupid" principles of the free market allowed foreign goods, especially American and German goods (mainly American), to have unhindered access to the markets of the British mainland and the colonies to compete fairly with British goods, while the resources of the British colonies were bought off at low prices by other powers such as the United States and Germany, mainly Germany. At the same time, the world's major powers, including France, which used to be the most fond of advocating free markets, have all engaged in trade protectionism......

That is, Britain was "generous" in allowing other powers to develop their industries with British money and resources, on the premise that they were not treated fairly......

Historically, this incomprehensible (Note 1) brain-dead policy continued until the eve of World War I, when the United States accounted for one-third of the world's industrial output, and the domestic market swelled enough to support the American industry to form its own cycle. In this time and space, because of the sudden rise of Chamberlain's Labour Party, Britain began to implement a strict tariff protection policy in 1901, which somewhat slowed down the decline of the British Empire, and at the same time caused a huge obstacle to the economic development of the United States and Germany, and indirectly led to the world history of this time and space to enter another fork......

Originally, Britain, as a country traditionally dominated by capital, could hardly have pushed out such a policy that was extremely harmful to the United States under the interference of the financial capital group, even a strongman like the elder Chamberlain. But in this time and space, the old Chamberlain has a number of favorable conditions that are not in history, first of all, his higher personal prestige, and the British people's strong doubts about the old system because of the fiasco, all of which contributed to the British Labour Party (right) [will be marked as this in the future to distinguish it from the historical left-wing British Labour Party, because the old Chamberlain's Labour Party's political tendency is the extreme right. ] was born and rapidly expanded.

At the same time, Britain's post-war reorganization of armaments has greatly increased the power of the British industrial capitalists, taking the British Navy's shipbuilding plan as an example, almost every three years, the plan of at least ten capital ships and several times more auxiliary ships can drive countless enterprises downstream, greatly promote the development of British manufacturing industry, and also give the British industrial capitalists who began to unite under the call of the old Chamberlain have a stronger voice.

It must be noted here that, unlike the financial capital of the United States, which adopts more direct control of industrial capital and merges it into financial monopoly capital, British financial capital, because of its lack of security, prefers the traditional indirect control method to facilitate rapid flight in times of crisis, which makes it possible for British industrial capital to break free from its shackles. Later, the outbreak of the Sino-American war forced the attention of financial capital to shift westward, thus giving British industrial capital a God-sent opportunity to turn over and become the master, and the old Chamberlain, who had always been suppressed by financial capital, was also elected prime minister by the east wind, and began to implement the so-called "Chamberlain reform" by the outbreak of the economic crisis, which changed the history of Britain and even the whole world......

At that time, the elder Chamberlain was already in his sixties, and with the normal life expectancy at that time, he might not have been hiccups in a short time, which made the old Chamberlain's enemies inevitably have the illusion of human death, and did not take drastic measures against him at the beginning.

As a result, what those bankers never expected was that this old man could live, and he actually became the prime minister for four consecutive terms (in history, this old man had a long-term ambition and lived to be 78 years old before dying, and this ideal of time and space has hope to be realized, and it is not surprising to live to be eighty or ninety years old under its support. By the time he left office, the new British system had been fully established, and a large number of new vested interests had been cultivated, and if he wanted to change back, it was no longer meaningful to kill the old Chamberlain himself......

The elder Chamberlain, who had already made a name for himself at a young age, was sentenced to death early for adhering to his non-mainstream political ideals, but he still became an important figure in British politics with his extraordinary talent and unique personality. In this time and space, he seized the domestic and foreign changes caused by the rise of China and soared into the sky, and bloomed the most dazzling light in his twilight years, at least partially realizing the political ideals he had always adhered to, and profoundly affecting the history of Britain and even the whole world.

In order to pay tribute to him, Li Hui later attended his funeral in person, and quoted Cao Cao's famous poem "Turtle Although Shou" "Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambition is thousands of miles." The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. As a speech, for such a great politician whose life is endless and fighting, these two poems are simply the best summary of his life.

However, there are many people who hate the old Chamberlain, and the media controlled by financial capital have made a big fuss about this matter, calling the old Chamberlain a "white traitor......

Well, if you look at it from the perspective of Western civilization as a whole, there is indeed some truth in saying this, although the old Chamberlain's reforms saved the British Empire from a rapid decline to a certain extent, but it led to a long-term multi-headed coexistence and serious internal friction in the Western world, which delayed the emergence of a leader who could unify the forces of various countries, and gave the Eastern civilization with China as the core a chance to surpass.

However, if the old Chamberlain knew under the Nine Springs, he would definitely scoff at this, because Britain has always been a-stirring stick that obstructs the unification of Western civilization!

Note 1: In fact, it is not difficult to understand that it is broken, because only under the free market system can finance capital gain dominance, and at the same time it can also be used to support the United States, as for the ordinary people, because in the short term they can obtain more cost-effective foreign goods to improve their living standards, it is also easy to be co-opted by the media controlled by financial capital to support the free market system, resulting in the weakening of industrial capital, and when Britain is weakened, it is too late for ordinary people to regret it. Well, under the influence of long-term foolish propaganda, only a few people can understand it, and most people don't think about the reasons behind it, and they will strike when they are sad! Then the economy entered a vicious circle completely, and Britain never wanted to turn around again...... (To be continued.) )