Chapter 65: A Messy World

Juerdian is very angry now, mmd, on the current earth, there are people who dare not pay back the money owed to the British Empire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 What's even more infuriating is that he doesn't have anything to do about it.

"You owe the empire six million pounds, how can you say that if you don't pay it back, you won't pay it back?" He shouted, "Sir, I want to warn you that such an act will lead to war!" ”

It was Wang Shizhen, the former general of the Beiyang Army, who came forward to receive Zhu Erdian, and when he saw him, he said in surprise: "How can we not pay back?" Mr. Zhu Erdian, we will pay back, if we have money. ”

Zhu Erdian had an expression that you don't want to be a fool, "Why don't you have any money?" Tianjin and Qingdao have such a large daily throughput, don't tell me you haven't received tariffs. ”

"Ah, Mr. Zhu Erdian, with that said, you need to know a little bit about our current government structure." Wang Shizhen said calmly: "Tianjin's customs are now under the control of your foreigners, as for Qingdao, it is under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Town Guard, and the tariffs they receive have nothing to do with our central government." ”

"How can it not matter?" Zhu Erdian said angrily: "You are the central government, don't you just order them to pay the taxes?" ”

"Hmm, Mr. Zhu Erdian, are you serious?"

Well, Jurdian also knew that it was impossible. If the current central government had that ability, the Beiyang Army would not have changed its president.

"But the big loan for the aftermath is a huge sum of up to six million pounds, and it can't be said that it will be gone if it is gone." Zhu Erdian calmed down his anger and said, "You have to give an explanation. ”

"Don't worry, please rest assured," Wang Shizhen said insincerely: "As soon as we have money, we will repay the debt." ”

"How long will it take to get rich?"

"About a year or two....."

Fortunately, a year or two is nothing.

"Or maybe a decade or two ......"

Zhu Erdian took the case, "If you are so insincere, then the Empire will consider taking the necessary measures!" ”

"Necessary measures," Wang Shizhen seemed to recall, "what could it be?" Send troops, or raise tariffs? ”

"The glory of the empire cannot be tarnished!" Zhu Erdian had already made a decision in his heart, but he calmed down, "If you can't collect taxes from all over the country to pay off your debts, then why can you still be the central government?" ”

"Yes, I'm also very skeptical," Wang Shizhen said: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, I don't mean to offend, but if you have any means, then please use it, this central government........ It's just a joke. ”

Well, Zhu Erdian understood that these evil Chinese just made up their minds and did not want to pay back. Although the money was used to buy British arms to fight the civil war, this is not a reason to pay the bill. Does this disregard public international law and universal values?

Anyway, now that the revolts of the Boers and Afghans have been suppressed, the Reich is fully capable of mobilizing a large army to come to the Far East and once again knock the country into the dust, as it did before. When it comes to relocation, whether it is land cession, trade, or indemnity, it is not what you want?

But his telegram had only been sent two days before, and it had only been two or three days before the reply from London arrived. The telegram was very succinct, just a few words, to the effect of "Not allowed!" ”

Just kidding, what do you say about sending 200,000 troops to the Far East, do you think this is a game of play? The year before last, it was not without fighting, and the 100,000 allied troops who landed in Tianjin were finally killed by more than 50,000 people in Beijing at once.

Of course, the gentlemen in London will not admit that it is because the combat effectiveness of the Chinese has exceeded even the combat effectiveness of the Europeans, they will only say logistics, disease, weather, and then the main forces of the coalition are the Russians and the Japanese, so the defeat is also the defeat of these two countries.

Then there's last year's civil war in North China, where reports from battlefield observers have shattered their confidence in defeating the country by force. Halfway around the world, transporting 200,000 native troops to fight is a possible victory. But the cost of military spending, that will be a figure that even the world hegemon will feel unbearable.

When Zhu Erdian received London's reply, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had not expected London to approve his almost ridiculous plan. The mere suppression of the Boer revolt exerted all the strength of the British Empire. Not to mention fighting the poor people in Afghanistan.

In the aftermath of the Boer War, Britain had already decided to shrink from the globe. It was no longer the time of pioneering, and for the Britons, their lands and colonies had spread all over the world. In order to suppress such a vast colony, they needed countless colonial officials, doctors..... and many more armies.

Such a vast territory is enough for them to digest for decades, and if they continue to expand, there will inevitably be more turmoil. But if they can cut off a large piece of fat by threat, the gentlemen of London will not refuse.

Unfortunately, China is no longer the kind of country where colonialists can frighten them to their knees and beg for mercy by erecting a few cannons on the coastline. Even when he was in the former Qing Dynasty, he was beaten and knelt by foreigners before kneeling and licking.

If London had agreed to that plan, he would have found it difficult for him to do so. He then sent a telegram to London to strengthen support for the other princes in China, especially Feng Guozhang, who was entrenched in Xuzhou, and KMT (reorganized by the League and led by Sun Wen), which was now sweeping in South China.

This time, the London side agreed. Britain's sphere of influence in China was originally in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and all that was needed now was to strengthen investment and control over these places.

At the same time, although these Britons have faced up to China's war potential, they have not cut it into a presence that can compete with them. Even if these people are outnumbered on land and can fight, so what? It's just a copy of Tsarist Russia.

Even if you can arm tens of millions of infantry, can you still swim across the ocean? The only thing to worry about is that after the reunification of China, it will send a large army to rush to India in the direction of Southeast Asia. As for crossing the Himalayas to attack India..... Presumably, that is something that only undead and other armies that don't need logistics can do.

Therefore, the first task of the British is not to reunify China. A Russian steamroller is scary enough, and another one would be uncomfortable for many people in London. In another history, the British tried their best to contain the Russians, and after doing it themselves several times, they also supported Japan in the Far East to fight against Russia.

If it weren't for the Qing government's incompetence, perhaps the British would have supported China to fight Russia. (To be continued.) )