Chapter 366: Diplomatic Idiocy (Medium)
Wang Guorui saw the news sent by Sa Zhenbing about the indigenous people of the Philippines asking for an alliance, and this Wang Guorui was also a little surprised, because these natives actually came here to ask for an alliance. Wang Guorui is also amused by the rudimentary thinking of the indigenous international diplomacy, because they still see the world as it was in the past, and believe that China has an obligation to help them recover. However, they ignored that Taiwan is not a good man and a woman, so naturally they will not let them go lightly. Otherwise, if you spend money to help them get back to the country, you can't get anything, so what's the point?
"Let's take a look, this is also the news that the natives are asking to come over and form an alliance, and it is obviously a request for an alliance." Wang Guorui said.
However, Yao Wendong, director of the Liaison Department for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said speechlessly: "These natives are really not very bright!" They only see the truth that the enemy of the enemy is also a friend, but they do not realize that although we in Taiwan are enemies with the Spaniards, we are all colonizers, and we colonizers are all 'raccoon dogs', what is the difference? ”
"Lao Yao, you're a 'raccoon dog', are you scolding yourself at home?" Wang Guorui pretended to be angry.
"Hahahaha......" Everyone burst out laughing, obviously amused by the short-sightedness of the natives.
These natives subconsciously believe that since Taiwan and Spain have gone to war, they are both enemies, so they think that there is an alliance between the natives and Taiwan. However, they don't know that Taiwan and Spain are actually colonizers, and they are both "raccoon dogs", both countries and regions that went overseas to colonize. Of course, the colonizers want to rule and exploit these natives, and then let their country get resources from the colonies, and finally they can get a lot of resources to enjoy the development of industry. It is then the object of dumping.
As a matter of fact, if we want to use class theory to say, although Taiwan and Spain are in competition, they are also intra-class competitions, and they are not some life-and-death struggle between different classes, which can be reconciled. As long as both parties agree on benefits and losses. That's all about being a friend again. However, unlike the natives, the natives are the ruled by the exploited, and they have never heard of the struggle for power within the ruling class, which will unite with the ruled class. Even if the ruling class competes for power internally, it is only a reason for the ruled class to be used, not to form an alliance. This class is not so easy to dissolve, and the Taiwanese and Spaniards are "raccoon dogs", so naturally it is impossible to truly give freedom to those natives.
In fact, the natives have also gone to the Americans in history, and the Spanish-American War in the original history. The natives hoped that the Americans would help them gain independence. But the fact is that the Americans are also a colonial country, of course they want to get colonies, but those natives don't have any big picture and no real long-term vision, they simply think that the enemy of the enemy is also a friend, so they think that the Americans should help them. But in fact, once the Spaniards "sold" the Philippines to the United States, the Americans began to turn around and attack the indigenous rebels, and then destroyed the Philippine Republican government.
"Of course, let's not push too deeply. We can also make use of these natives. And if the time comes, push them too deeply. Push them over to the side of the Spaniards, and maybe they will join forces to fight us. So, we might as well appease them first, and then let them fight the Spaniards, and then we will come and clean up the mess after they and the Spaniards have lost a lot. And we all took advantage of this time to rush to the Philippines. And then do your best to get through this run-in period. Wang Guorui said.
Hu Wei also immediately said: "Yes, it is not suitable for us to directly force them to our opposite. First of all, our troops stationed in the Philippines have not yet been formed, and we still need a certain amount of run-in time. And if the time comes, if we force the natives and the Spaniards together, then we are not afraid of them, but why should we bother? So to be able to divide them. And then let them fight together, and it is not impossible for us to reap the benefits of the fishermen. ”
"You know, once the natives and the Spaniards collude, the effect is not one plus one equals two. The natives were familiar with the local situation and were good at guerrillas, while the Spaniards were good at positional warfare, and had enough military ideas and various strategic and tactical talents, and they had good weapons and equipment. If they collude and then engage in a guerrilla war with us, then the sum of these effects will be greater than the sum of the twos. Although we are not afraid of them, why should we be so self-inflicted? Soyi let them clash and then let them fight on their own, so that we don't have to be afraid of anything. ”
After listening to Hu Wei's analysis, everyone also recognized this plan. After all, although Taiwan is not afraid of them, it must also prevent them from colluding. Once they collude to form a complementary, then this may also be able to greatly increase the casualties and war costs for Taiwan, which is not a very good result. Therefore, to provoke their struggle, you might as well appease the contradiction between the natives and the Spaniards, and then Taiwan will take advantage of this time to form a force in the Philippines, and then it can continue to support the natives to fight with those Spaniards, so that after the Spaniards are defeated, Taiwan can also clean up those natives again. This kind of false way of cutting down the devil is actually used perfectly.
"But will they collude? After all, the Philippines had been in revolt before, and they and the Spaniards should be enemies! Zheng Hong asked.
But Yao Wendong immediately replied: "Madam, there is no problem with this. Because if the Spaniards were attracted by agreeing to their independence, it would not be impossible for the natives to redo it and fight us with them. After all, the Spaniards are already familiar with this kind of political method, so they can naturally make this method easily. And when the time comes, the natives will be tempted, because they think that if they cooperate with the Spaniards, they will be free. ”
"Wouldn't it? All freedom should be earned by one's own strength, but I have never heard of one who can obtain freedom by cooperating with the colonizers! Zheng Hong said.
"There is no way, these indigenous minds, we can't understand!" Wang Guorui said.
Wang Guorui is actually very unable to understand those indigenous ideas, you must know that many indigenous colonies in Southeast Asia will be able to establish independent states in the future, but many of the reasons for their independent statehood are not their own struggles, but rely on the charity and helplessness of the colonizers. In India, for example, the guy who proposed non-violent non-cooperation seems to want to use guò as a way to get the British to give them freedom. He actually thought that as long as he could cooperate with the British, he would be free, for example, by mobilizing Indians to join the British army and help the British fight. Later, various non-violent methods were proposed to resist, and various means were used to make the British helpless against them.
And it is not so much that the independence of India and the countries of the South Seas is fought for by themselves, but that it is the general trend of the whole world that allows them to become independent. In the future, those countries also collapsed in the colonial system, which allowed them to become independent. And these indigenous politicians are really not flattering, and the British sometimes use the so-called independent autonomy to lure India. Confused, and many elites in India were actually played to death by the British, but in the end, they could not really gain independent autonomy. So these things don't work at all, but the natives are still very keen on this kind of thing. Therefore, ordinary Chinese people cannot understand those indigenous ideas at all, and they all hope to rely on other people's handouts to gain freedom, and they cannot understand that other people's handouts cannot be free.
"If the Spaniards use some so-called independent autonomy, or allow them to be independent, they will also choose to be hostile to us. The indigenous people are like this, they all want to rely on others, and never want to rely on their own strength to gain freedom. If we don't help them, I'm afraid they will all be tempted in Spain. Fight against us in confusion and then exchange for so-called independent power. But they had no idea that even the Spaniards were deceiving them, and that they would revoke their independence once we were gone. And the level of international politics of those indigenous people is so naïve that they didn't even think that strength was the basis for determining a qiē. If they can't do it themselves, how can others give them freedom? However, in order to prevent these natives and Spaniards from coming together, then we must give them the necessary support to fight the Spaniards. Wang Guorui said.
Soon after, in Manila, Sa Zhenbing said to the Macabros: "Our Lord Wang has called back, he has agreed to our cooperation in fighting the Spaniards, and he will provide you with some weapons." But you must exchange your wealth for these weapons, so that we can give them to you. (To be continued......)