Chapter 504: It's All Paper Tigers (Medium)

Inside Buckingham Palace in London, England, Queen Victoria of England is resting. And the years are not forgiving, Queen Victoria is already an eighty-year-old man. In this era when the average life expectancy is less than 50 years old, it is already considered a very long life. And the reign of Queen Victoria, also known as the Victorian era, was the time when the British Empire expanded at its fastest. And the era of Queen Victoria was also the last rebound of the British royal power. In the Victorian era, royal power was restored to a certain extent, and the power of Queen Victoria was even able to force out the prime minister. And as a LinkedIn country to become such a rich and powerful queen, his prestige is still very large. When the Marquis of Salisbury was in trouble, he also asked for Victoria's support.

"Are you saying that China has such a special existence as Taiwan, so we are tied to the British Empire? And there are still many people who dream of conquering China? Queen Victoria asked.

The Marquis of Salisbury immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there are countless people who have stopped at sixty years ago, sixty years ago, our British Empire easily forced the Manchu court to sign many unequal treaties, and this made many people think that China is a really weak country, thinking that we sent tens of thousands of troops to completely destroy them, and then put the title of Chinese emperor on the queen's head like India." ”

"Confused!" Queen Victoria said.

Queen Victoria continued: "Just fifty-nine years ago, I was a strong advocate of war against China, and that war we call the war of commerce, and the Chinese call it the Crow. Piece of War. But who knows that 59 years ago, the reason why we dared to go to war against China was not to destroy China. At that time, I just wanted to protect the interests of our businessmen. We will force China to compromise and open up trade with us. Our purpose was to trade and protect the interests of merchants, not to conquer China. It was only later that we realized that China's central government was too weak and incompetent, and that they had too little vision to see the general situation of the world. This is what gives us the idea of dismembering China step by step. They really don't know. When I made the decision to go to war against China, I took a lot of risk to make up my mind. If I could, I really didn't want a war against China back then. But the trade deficit between China and us was so great that we couldn't bear it, so we hoped that we would force them to open their markets through war, and then we could earn it back. If you take advantage of China, that's okay. But if we really want to swallow China in one bite, then our British Empire will fall from now on! ”

The Marquis of Salisbury immediately said, "Yes! Your Majesty, I think so too. But too many people are forcing us to go to war against China. I was under a lot of pressure. And China's weakness is due to their central government, and the reason for the weakness of their central government is actually that they are ethnic minorities, and they do everything based on their own nation or even just the interests of their own royal family, which is the reason for their weakness. I've looked at the history of China back then, and their central government was actually the same aggressor, but they were integrated into China. And it was too lucky for them to get the country back then, so they ceded it so heartlessly. So, it is the government and the rotten landlords who are weak in China. It's not a national. If we really concentrate the willpower of all the people, we will not be able to defeat them. ”

"The gradual cannibalization approach that we've been taking. So that's the best way to encroach on China. And now there is a Taiwan that I don't know where it came from, which makes us feel incredible. Once Taiwan is allowed to enter the mainland, then our previous efforts will be in vain, and at that time we may all face the retaliation of a huge empire, and at that time our British Empire will be under great pressure. Chinese mainland is not like our UK, they yo huge territory. China's population. What is even more terrifying is that these people are all Juche peoples, and their ideological cohesion is very strong, which is not at all much compared to our empty population of hundreds of millions. However, our majority nation is only tens of millions. They have the land and resources, and the only thing they lack is an excellent Dong Liang leader, but Taiwan's Wang Guorui is also such a qualified leader. The dilemma facing our British Empire is enormous. ”

"We plan to start a war against Taiwan in about two years, and at that time we are confident that we will defeat Taiwan, stifle the hope of China's rise, and then we will encroach on China step by step, so that we can live a better life and avoid competition from a strong country."

Queen Victoria thought for a moment, and then said: "I can help you once, this is probably the last time, my health is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid I don't have two years to live, so I hope you can do things well, and don't let the efforts of our predecessors in the British Empire go to waste." These are the situations that I have brought down, don't discard them in your juniors! “

"Your Majesty, you will be able to live a long life." Said the Marquis of Salisbury.

The Marquess of Salisbury breathed a sigh of relief, because as long as the queen was willing to help him, his political career could be considered to be a perfect end. The Marquess of Salisbury knew that his tenure would not be long, and that it might not be long before he retired. The Marquis of Salisbury simply hoped that he would be able to resolve the Taiwan issue before he retired. He expects to retire in three years, probably two years later, and then he has to start a war against China within two years, preferably two years later. Two years later, he was confident that he would persuade other countries to go to war against Taiwan, and the chances of victory were very great. If only the United Kingdom participates, the risk is multiplied many times over. And bringing all countries together to participate is equivalent to sharing the risk together.

Queen Victoria left Buckingham Palace and went to the Prime Minister's House at 10 Downing Street, and then to the crowd outside the Prime Minister's House under the protection of the Queen's bodyguard. Everyone saw that the queen was here, and they all took the initiative to get out of the way.

"Dear citizens of England, I have heard the news of this proposal for war against China. People think there should be a war against China, but I don't see it that way. We, the British Empire, are gentlemen, civilized gentlemen, and cannot fight against foreign countries at every turn. Since we, the British Empire, are the leaders of the world, we must set an example for the whole world. “

"China is a poor and backward country, and the people there don't have a good education, so it's inevitable that they will act impulsively. And our international exchanges are very complicated, and we can't disagree with each other, so we ......"

Queen Victoria began a speech, and then in the speech, he portrayed Britain as a civilized gentleman, and thought that Britain would lead the world and set an example for the world. However, his evaluation of China is also low to the bottom, for example, China is a country composed of all barbarians, and they often use force to solve problems, which is not the behavior of a gentleman. And Queen Victoria's metaphor is like a dog biting a person, can't everyone follow to bite the dog?

Of course, Queen Victoria meant the same thing, but of course he couldn't say such vulgar words. She spared a large circle, and then indirectly pointed out this point, telling everyone that they should use their benevolent deeds to move the barbarians. We should use our own civilization to move this group of "barbarians" in China, and it is not good to break out into war, and it is unjust to break out in war. The British are gentlemen and civilized people, and they cannot casually start wars with foreign countries, and they should use their noble sentiments to influence these "barbarians" in China.

And these words made many pretentious "gentlemen" nod their heads silently, because they thought that the queen was right and spoke to the hearts of these people. In their eyes, Central Europe is also a group of barbarians, although they bite themselves, but it is like a dog biting a person, people can't bite a dog, right? And Queen Victoria's words made many people feel moved by this, so everyone's temper has loosened a lot, and they are no longer shouting and shouting to kill.

"Therefore, we should negotiate with the Chinese by other means, and then use our gentlemanly means to make them feel ashamed, to make them feel the grace of our British Empire." Therefore, it is not appropriate for us to go to war against them at the moment, after all, we are all civilized people! Victoria said.

"Long live the Queen!" "Long live the Queen!" "Long live the Queen!" ……

Everyone began to cheer, so they began to choose to agree to the queen's proposal not to go to war with China. And this situation reassured the Marquess of Salisbury and Queen Victoria, because if they rashly started a war with Taiwan, the British were not very confident of winning, not even fifty percent. And this fifty percent probability is too low. Fighting a war is not a gamble, especially a foreign war cannot be used to gamble casually, so there is no more than 80% chance of winning, and no country will easily expand to foreign countries. Only Japan, a stupid bird, took the national fortune as a gamble again and again, and finally lost his pants.

And the news that Britain would not go to war against China reached China, and Wang Guorui only commented: "It's all a group of paper tigers." (To be continued......)