Macartney has become a real China expert in this plane, and the reason is the strong rise of Datang in this plane. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, his insights do not simply represent his personal research, there are a large number of scholars in the UK who are dedicated to studying everything about the Tang Dynasty. Some people study the technology transmitted from Datang, some people study the teaching methods in the academic field of Datang, some people study the management skills in Datang factories, and some people study the political operation mode of Datang. In short, Britain has been catching up in a short period of time, which has something to do with the fastest and largest learning of Datang by the British.

Britain is an extremely proud country, but unlike Bai Nan's time, which was full of rainbows and Ah San's strange cow country, Britain at this time was enterprising and rational, they recognized the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and went crazy to learn, much like the Japanese in a certain period. This is perhaps an island gift.

Macartney was well aware of his mission, and he felt like an hourglass above his head, and the passing time was generating a sense of urgency and anxiety from all over Britain.

As long as you are a person with a long brain, you will know that the Tang Dynasty, which is tough, powerful and has the same culture as the Qing State, cannot have no covetousness for the Qing State. It is not impossible to build a country overseas and turn around and ask the imperial court for a seal, but those countries are almost not states, their strength is very weak, and the leaders are not elite groups, and the level of education is very low. The kind of person who has a lot of golden finger advantages, swipes prestige and equipment in overseas single-open dungeons, and doesn't return to his homeland to return to his hometown, can probably only appear in a web novel on a magical plane.

Datang is already so powerful that the Europeans' pants are wet, and if they eat China in one bite. Hey. That's not something that European countries don't want to do. Wait for everyone to call the earth Tang Xing in the future.

Britain is the most ambitious country in this era, except for the Tang Dynasty, but there is also a pessimistic atmosphere among the British elites, believing that Britain may never be able to surpass the Tang Dynasty and become a global empire on which the sun never sets. But Britain also has a group of politicians with clear brains, maybe William Pitt Jr. and George III were more concerned about the French Revolution and the war in Europe, but there are also many people who can see the bigger picture.

History has striking parallels at the end of the twentieth century. After the bald eagle ushered in its own era of superpower hegemony, a certain rabbit country began to sing about the multipolar pattern, because for the rabbit country, multipolarity is to weaken the hegemony of one superpower, and the eagle sauce can be checked and balanced, which will bring itself a better international space and environment. At this time, the United Kingdom on this plane also has the same mind, and would rather see the world in chaos, and he is not the boss, but he must not let Datang be the boss comfortably.

Then, weakening the Tang State is in addition to Britain's strategy of balancing Europe. The guiding axis of global diplomatic and political relations.

And weakening Datang is not a simple matter, and there are many ways to weaken a country. The easiest. War can significantly weaken a country, and it is most normal for a country that is dragged into war or lost in war, and its national strength is greatly damaged; Economic sanctions are another way to weaken, and in the absence of a material basis, a country will face a major crisis, and domestic discontent will breed and erupt; Cultural weakening, of course, this means is more high-end, the British at this time are not very good at playing, when the peaceful evolution killed the woolly bear and the Eastern European brothers, and later countless third world countries and regions fell in the blood pool of color revolutions. Of course, if the core culture of a country or region is lost, and the spiritual realm is disordered or deviated, this political existence is basically finished. I want to be a slave to others, I forget the classics, I distort justice and justice, only vanity and mania, and I am only a fingernail away from destruction.

The above three large-scale means are not available to the British. If you can't fight a war, you still have to rely on others economically and technologically. Therefore, we still have to look for a suitable breakthrough point on a case-by-case basis.

Then, a part of the British was witty, and they found the best breakthrough point, which was the Qing Kingdom.

This is a piece of fat that Datang can never give up, and it can almost be said that it is a fatalistic step. And what the British need to do is to dig a big hole in the place where this huge foot will fall before it falls. Even if Datang is a giant that Britain must look up to, a casual slap can fan Britain away, and wisdom teeth can be knocked out. However, once the giant falls into the pit, then it is possible to be injured, and it will be very difficult to climb up, and as long as the British have some strength, they can contact a group of friends and beat the giant wildly, and when they are lucky, they may press the giant directly into the pit.

Yes, the British need great luck, and Macartney thinks so, that is a very small probability of success, but if it does, then Britain is developed.

Historically, Britain's fortune has hardly encountered any major setbacks, and it has been as smooth as opening a hanging, and has achieved a hegemony. In fact, Japan after the Meiji era until the mass brain-dead after the Taisho era was also a country blessed with a lucky halo. At that time, China was basically a character with a dragon set template on his body, and he specially gave people experience points and equipment.

Strictly speaking, what Macartney is going to do is not to gamble on the fortunes of the country, because the British will spare no effort to do this, and it is impossible for any country to face an absolute 100% probability when making strategic choices, and the British are slightly stronger than the Japanese in that they are still sober when they gamble, and the reasons for gambling are also very rational. Instead of "it's better to fight sooner or later anyway", the logic is full of magical fragrance.

Macartney said to Barrow, "...... Once our plan really succeeds, and the Qing State becomes the quagmire of the Tang State, and the two countries are mired in a protracted war, or the Tang State is simply unable to rule this land effectively, then the Tang State will have to continuously invest a lot of energy and resources to make them weaker and weaker, and at the same time they will be unable to take care of other things, let alone take care of us. During this period, we will go all out to develop technology and national strength, occupy more colonies, or win over more allies, and at an appropriate time, use the most terrible force to attack the Tang Dynasty and disintegrate this country that has cast a shadow on us. ”

Obviously Barrow was a more pessimistic person, and he nodded: "I hope so, but first we still need to convince His Majesty the Emperor, and if it is, secretly." (To be continued.) )