In the face of Borneo's fast fat meat, now Lin Zhe wants to go up and take a bite, but he is afraid of arousing strong opposition from the British who are eyeing him on the side, and instead of eating the meat, he will cause a commotion.

It is impossible to discuss the question of Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, without taking into account the reaction of the British.

Not to mention anything else, an East India fleet alone was enough to make Lin Zhe jealous.

Lin Zhe in the office put down the telegram in his hand, and then stood up and looked at the world map on the wall, since he moved into this office, he hung a huge world map on the wall, whenever he encountered some major problems, Lin Zhe always liked to think about this world map.

On this map, with China as the center, the borders of other countries are marked, and it is clear from the map that the empire faces two of its greatest enemies: Russia and Britain.

In the northern and Central Asian directions, the empire and Russia have a long border, and in this long border, there are constant small-scale wars between the empire and Russia, and it is foreseeable that even if the empire swallows up the whole of Siberia, it is unlikely to change the strategic situation of the empire too much, at most it will push the front to the west, and it will not fundamentally change the contradictions and conflicts between the empire and Russia.

With the current technical conditions and the national strength of the empire, it is difficult to rely solely on military means to force Russia to submit, and this means that the hostility between the empire and Russia will continue for a long time, and it is impossible to achieve fundamental changes in the next ten or even twenty years.

And to the east of the empire, there are vast seas and places such as Japan and Alaska, and the empire has passed the efforts of the previous years. It has succeeded in creating a chaotic situation in Japan, and has plunged a unified and intact Japan into a state of chaos among the three countries. With the empire fanning the flames, it will be very difficult for Japan to reunify.

In the direction of Alaska. Although the empire has not yet landed in Alaska and controlled this area, the warships of the imperial navy have been intensively active in the Aleutian waters, although they have not been able to threaten British Canada and the United States in the direction of North America, but at least they have advanced the potential battle line thousands of kilometers, as long as the Aleutian sea area is controlled, as long as the port of Beagle, which is extremely rare in the North Pacific, is still in the hands of the empire, as long as the fleet of the imperial navy in this direction is not defeated, then the northeast direction of the empire can obtain a guarantee of strategic security.

But in the southwestern part of the empire, the situation is much more complicated. And it's much more dangerous.

In this direction, there is the vast Southeast Asian region, and after Southeast Asia, there is India, which the British regarded as the core interests of colonization, and the British have had many conflicts with the empire over the years in order to protect India's interests and expand in the direction of Southeast Asia.

The conflict in Myanmar erupted against this backdrop.

Every attempt by the Empire to expand into Southeast Asia now will be met with the strongest opposition from the British.

At the same time, after 1870, the empire needed a steady period of development more than ever.

Today, the industrialization of the empire is in a period of steady and rapid growth. At the current rate of industrial development of the empire, the next twenty or even thirty years will be a very critical period of development.

At the same time, according to some historical laws of the original time and space, time is on the side of backward countries such as empires.

Because now Britain is the world boss. Britain was being challenged by a number of backward countries, the unification of the German Empire, the end of the civil war, and the development of Britain. There is also the Chinese Empire, which is in a period of rapid growth.

According to some information transmitted by the imperial diplomats in the United States, the industrial development of the United States in recent years has been terrifying. Its industrial output has continued to grow, and the United States has taken advantage of its advantageous geographical location after the end of the Civil War. At the same time, there are also the resources of the vast Americas, and the current speed of development is very terrifying, and even the empire cannot match their development speed.

Although the Americans will also be a great challenge and enemy of the empire from the perspective of the future situation in the Pacific, in the current situation, the development of the Americans is also something that the British are not happy to see.

Judging from the analysis of many signs and the future international situation, what the current empire needs most is not to expand its territory, in fact, occupying a small amount of territory has no practical value for the empire, and it will even cause wars with other countries, which is not a good thing for the empire that needs peaceful development at present.

Therefore, in this case, Lin Zhe has little interest in directly intervening in the situation in Southeast Asia, and even fighting a war with the Dutch and the British for this reason, which will do more harm than good to the empire.

But it's not a good choice to do nothing.

Today's empire is very similar to the United States in later generations, and in the choice of international affairs, it mainly makes trouble for the old colonial powers such as Britain and France.

Even if he didn't personally send troops to Borneo, Lin Zhe also hoped that the situation on the ground would be more chaotic!

The situation is chaotic, Lin Zhe is so good to fish in troubled waters!

Thinking of this, Lin Zhecai took his gaze back from the world map, then walked to the desk and pulled a small drawstring under the table.

At this time, in the secretariat office outside, a young accompanying secretary saw the bell that was ringing, and then immediately got up, walked two steps briskly to Lin Zhe's office door, and then gently pushed open the office door.

At this time, Lin Zhe spoke: "Go and call Ge Dongbing!" ”

Ge Dongbing in his mouth is the director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, and the Intelligence Department of the General Staff is also one of the three major intelligence agencies of the empire, in addition to the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, there is also the Imperial Intelligence Department, whose director is Xu Yanling, and the Joint Investigation Bureau under the Patrol Police Department.

The Intelligence Division was developed from the Intelligence Section of the General Staff.

The Imperial Household Intelligence Department was reformed from the Imperial Household Intelligence Division, and when the Imperial Household Affairs Agency was reformed, the former Imperial Household Intelligence Division, along with the Secretariat of the Imperial Palace, was separated and renamed the Imperial Household Intelligence Division.

As for the Joint Investigation Bureau of the Patrol Police, it was a law enforcement agency established only in 1868, and at first it was only responsible for the investigation and investigation of large-scale cases across provinces. Later, it was added to the function of counter-espionage, and it is a comprehensive law enforcement agency.

In the specific division of labor. The Intelligence Division of the General Staff of the Military specializes in military intelligence, especially from abroad. Their intelligence officers are widely active abroad, spying on foreign military intelligence, and are also responsible for some other intelligence activities abroad, such as causing chaos and subverting other countries.

To put it simply, in addition to spying on military intelligence, this intelligence department is also causing confusion abroad.

The Imperial Intelligence Department is relatively simple, and its main responsibility is to monitor and eliminate opposition forces. It is the forces that oppose Lin Zhe. Ordinary cases, even if they endanger national security, are not under their management, and at the same time, there is no clear boundary, and the focus is mainly on the monitoring of high-ranking military and political officials and active social activists in the country, and they do not interfere in ordinary cases.

Although the division of labor of these three major intelligence agencies is different, and they are nominally divided into three major types: the cabinet, the military, and the palace, there is a very obvious feature that they are all directly responsible to Lin Zhe.

The sharp knife of the intelligence system, Lin Zhe did not intend to hand it over to any courtier.

These three major intelligence systems. The Imperial Intelligence Service and the Joint Investigation Bureau obviously have no authority to meddle in Borneo's problems, the former is really a secret agency that is not visible, and most of the secret service officers working in it are incognito, but many military and political dignitaries can be sure. Among their close people must be agents of the Imperial Intelligence Service.

The Joint Investigation Bureau (JBI) is a comprehensive law enforcement agency in the country, which is in fact similar to the police, and its law enforcement activities are open. It doesn't do any clandestine activities.

The only intelligence agency that can go abroad to assassinate and subvert such things is the military's intelligence department.

Ge Dongbing didn't let Lin Zhe wait too long. Soon appeared in front of Lin Zhe.

This Ge Dongbing was not the same as the soldiers Lin Zhe usually saw, although he had the rank of major general on his shoulders. But he was not as burly as a traditional soldier, and even slightly arched back, his face was thin, and the official dress on his body looked a little loose and baggy.

Normally, the military uniforms of the officers of the empire are generally custom-made, and the military will only issue uniforms for soldiers to be uniformed for unified procurement (which is also to be deducted from salary), and for the uniforms of officers, combat uniforms and regular uniforms have a unified standard, and the military can buy them by themselves, but in the case of dresses, although there are also uniformly purchased officer uniforms, middle and senior officers often go to tailor shops to customize themselves.

Of course, the military strictly stipulates the style of uniforms, and officers cannot change their uniforms at will when they customize their uniforms, which is mainly for the aesthetics of military uniforms, and tailor-made military uniforms are enough to make those officers with loose bodies look more robust and handsome.

The contemporary imperial military uniform system has only one starting point, that is, to make soldiers look more handsome.

However, the dress worn by Ge Dongbing in front of him is obviously not a specially customized military uniform, but a regular size dress uniformly purchased by the military, and Ge Dongbing's figure is really not good, so it seems that this person does not have the unique majesty of other senior generals in the empire.

After this person saw Lin Zhe, his eyes also lowered, and his colorless eyes seemed to reveal a kind of death.

"The minister knocks to see the emperor!" After Ge Dongbing saluted, Lin Zhe beckoned him to come over, and then pointed to a document on the table and said, "Do you know what happened in Borneo?" ”

Ge Dongbing immediately nodded: "Wechen has already heard the reports of his colleagues!" ”

"Oh, what did the Intelligence Division find?" Lin Zhe said immediately.

Although Ge Dongbing looks loose, as the director of the Intelligence Department, one of the three major intelligence departments of the empire, he is naturally not too simple to be in charge of almost all foreign espionage affairs.

Although the affairs of Borneo are only a trivial matter, and many people will not even pay attention to it, Ge Dongbing knows a lot about it: "According to some information we have learned, starting a month ago, some local Chinese workers in Borneo were dissatisfied with the oppression of the Dutch East India Company, and then killed the overseer of the East India Company and the head of the branch, and then seized guns to occupy the mine, and then they contacted the remnants of the previous Dagang Company and some personnel of the Lanfang Company. Organized a force of about five hundred men to fight against the Dutch East India Company! ”

"According to the information we have learned, in addition to the transfer of troops from other directions, the Dutch East India Company has also asked the Dutch colonial authorities for help, and it is expected that at least a thousand Dutch troops will rush to Borneo next month to suppress it!"

"Will they be able to resist then?"

Ge Dongbing shook his head lightly: "It is impossible for them to stop the suppression of the regular army of the Dutch colony, and when the Dutch army arrives, they will be able to support it for a month at most, or even a week!" ”

"Oh, what if we help them?" Lin Zhe said this quietly, and after Ge Dongbing heard this, as a spy leader, he immediately smelled the smell of conspiracy, and he had a natural preference for all kinds of conspiracies.

"It depends on how much help we give them, if we send troops directly, the Dutch are naturally not the opponent of the empire's sea and land army, if we don't send troops, they only give weapons and military instructors and volunteers support, it is difficult to determine how long they can last!"

"But even if we intervene, judging from the overall strength of the local Chinese in Borneo, they won't be able to hold out for a few years!" Ge Dongbing's words are obviously not very optimistic about the strength of the local Chinese in Borneo.

He is not wrong in what he said, although there are many Chinese who have gone abroad, but the Chinese who have emigrated abroad obviously do not have the consciousness and ambition to act as colonists, they often only bury their heads in making money to support their families, and most of them have no ideas and courage to resist the bullying of foreigners or even natives.

Therefore, the Chinese who went to Southeast Asia were slaughtered every once in a while.

It is very difficult for the Empire to change the minds of these Chinese immigrants and make most of them take up swords and guns to resist.

But Lin Zhe knew that it was not that these people did not want to resist, but that they did not have the courage to resist, and now the empire was going to give them the courage to resist.

"Go back and focus on the affairs of Borneo, don't let them fail too quickly, the empire needs their existence!"

If the resistance of the local Chinese is still there, the empire can intervene in the local situation, although this interference is unlikely to be a direct military or diplomatic negotiation, but if they are given guns and artillery to arm the local Chinese, I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble to the Dutch.

And for the Empire, it was a headache for European countries such as the Dutch and the British to face Asian affairs, and this was a victory.

It doesn't matter how much direct territorial or economic benefit the empire will gain from it.

As a backward country, if you don't make trouble for the British every now and then, then it is not a qualified backward country, and in this regard, the Germans and Americans have already set a good example for Lin Zhe in the original time and space! (To be continued.) )