In a separate room arranged by Wang Guorui for Dou Nale, Dou Nale was discussing with the British consul in Taiwan about Britain's strategy toward Taiwan, and they were obviously uneasy.

"Mr. Dou Nale, are we going to support Taiwan's independence next?" James asked.

And Dou Nale affirmed: "Yes, we must support Taiwan's independence." Only by allowing Taiwan to become independent will we be able to gradually dismember this ancient and huge country. This ancient and huge country has too much potential, and once they have a strong government, it will burst into a very strong force. So we have to find a rival for this Chinese mainland government, that is, Japan and Taiwan. When we supported Japan, we hoped that Japan would help us curb the development of the mainland government. But now the Japanese dog is a little out of our control, and they want to swallow the whole of China and then take China's place. This is also very bad for us, so we also have to support Japan with an opponent. ”

And James immediately asked: "This opponent is Taiwan?" ”

"That's right, it's Taiwan. Taiwan has a strong army, but it does not have a navy. Japan, on the other hand, has a navy of some strength, but it does not have a powerful army. As a result, they cannot really threaten each other from the roots, and in the end they can only fight step by step, consuming resources. As for the Chinese mainland government, that is, a fat pig, they have powerful resources, but they cannot be strong under the leadership of a wise leader and government, so that although they are powerful, they are not opponents of Taiwan and Japan. And in this way, they form a balance. Taiwan, Japan, and Chinese mainland. That is, a delicate balance, neither of which can perish. After all, Taiwan must avoid Japan's attack on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Japan, with a navy that Taiwan does not have, can also avoid Taiwan's occupation of Chinese mainland. As for Chinese mainland, neither Taiwan nor Japan can threaten either, so that all three parties can be balanced. And China has a history. That is, the Three Kingdoms, the situation of the Three Kingdoms is the most stable, and this is also in line with the law of triangles. ”

Dou Nale pointed out the advantages of Taiwan's independence to the Western powers, which can dismember China and form a situation in which Taiwan, Japan, and the mainland can bind each other, forming a situation in which the three countries are in power. In this way, the three parties contain each other, which is a very stable pattern. It is not easy to break the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, so the British have this plan, so they will incite Wang Guorui to take the opportunity to become independent. This is of great benefit to the British. And at that time, East Asia will never be able to have a power that can threaten the British, so this idea of the British is actually very ruthless.

In fact, China's potential is very huge, it just depends on whether anyone can realize it. The Manchu mainland government could not play out, and a divided country could not play either. Decades later, China was successfully reunified, and a hundred years later, China became the world's most important power, so that the potential of a great power was truly realized. And the gringos are not unaware of China's potential, and they deliberately belittle China on the one hand. On the one hand, they constantly dismembered and encroached on China by various means, and then even split China. They did not hesitate to prop up various rebel forces to split China. Then let China never be reunified, and in the end it can only sink in division.

Now Dou Nale has come to Taiwan with a mission, hoping that Taiwan can become independent, which will be very helpful to Britain in the future. Once Taiwan becomes independent, it will not be easy to attack the mainland and seize control of the mainland. At that time, once it becomes a relationship between countries and countries, then I am afraid that Britain will have a reason to intervene to mediate. In this way, it is almost impossible for Taiwan to occupy the mainland. After all, this is a different era, if in the past, the East and the West could not influence each other, they could take the initiative to attack at any time, and then there was no problem in establishing a country on its own, and there was no need for Westerners to admit it. More than 200 years ago, as long as there was strength. There is no need for anyone to admit it, and it is natural to be able to become the master of the Central Plains by directly sweeping away the troubled times. But this era is different, and now Westerners have set a trap for Wang Guorui, that is, once Wang Guorui has the courage to establish a country on his own, then Taiwan will lose the opportunity to enter the mainland.

And James asked: "Minister Dou Nale, will this leader of Taiwan choose to take the opportunity to become independent?" ”

"I think he will, after all, it is better to be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, which is a vice of many Chinese." Since he has such a strong strength, he can naturally be easily independent, and he will not continue to be a slave to others. After all, people are ambitious, and once they have ambitions, it is not easy to take them back. We only need to incite him to be independent, so that we can completely let him take advantage of the opportunity to become a country, and this is also a trap. As long as they dare to attack the mainland at that time, we will gather the strength of the whole of Europe to mediate, so that we can also take the opportunity to split China. ”

"There are so few Chinese who open their eyes to the world that they probably don't understand what the consequences will be after independence." He may not understand the laws of international diplomacy, so that we can take the opportunity to trick him into dividing his own country, and then contain them in turn. ”

Dou Nale's understanding of the Chinese means that many Chinese do not understand what the laws of international diplomacy are. For example, many Chinese do not understand the difference between the rules of international diplomacy and domestic exchanges, and they even regard foreign countries as vassals. Many domestic officials have also put the diplomatic thinking of vassal states above international diplomacy, and in this way, they can easily create a situation in which they can easily create obstacles. And Li Hongzhang is known as the first person in China to open his eyes to the world, but there are too few such people in China after all. Therefore, Dou Nale does not think that Wang Guorui can understand the truth and understand the consequences of Taiwan's independence.

Even if he takes a step back, Wang Guorui understands the truth in this, so can he resist the attraction of this self-reliant country? If he was willing to be a courtier of the Manchus, it meant that his every move would be controlled by the Manchus. And what is better than being an official than being a founding king? So even if Wang Guorui can understand this truth, Dou Nale is artificial, Wang Guorui should not be able to resist the attraction of being a founding king, even many Westerners can't resist it!

"Then on this side, these British people are really ruthless enough, and they actually put such a trap on your husband? If we dare to be independent, then we will not completely lose the opportunity to rule the Central Plains? Zheng Hong said with some emotion.

And Zheng Hong listened to Wang Guorui's analysis, and immediately realized the sinister intentions of such a foreign devil. That is, to prevent Wang Guorui from entering the Central Plains, so that Wang Guorui will lose the opportunity to control the mainland and cannot let China rise. And Zheng Hong chose to support Wang Guorui, and even became Wang Guorui's woman herself, doesn't that hope that Wang Guorui can rebel, and then destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty to dominate the world. But now these foreign devils are actually uneasy and kind, which means that Wang Guorui cannot get rid of the identity of a Manchu courtier for the time being.

"Zheng Hong, do you understand? We can divide one side, but we must not break away from the status of the so-called 'Great Qing' courtiers, otherwise once we establish ourselves in the future, we will lose the opportunity to seize power in China." This era is different from the past few hundred years, and it is entirely based on strength, without the consent of Westerners. Although we can now set ourselves up as kings, our next consequence is to be excluded from China's hegemony, so we will inevitably face a very strict consequence, and Taiwan will always be controlled by others. ”

If Taiwan loses the opportunity to compete for hegemony on the mainland, then this is not Wang Guorui's idea, nor is it Zheng Hong's idea. Zheng Hong also hoped to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore the rivers and mountains of the Han family. But once it becomes independent, it loses the opportunity to compete for hegemony on the mainland, so the Zheng family represented by Zheng Hong has worked hard for many years, so what is it for? Isn't it just to expel the Tartars and defend the rivers and mountains? But if you lose the opportunity for the sake of an independent false name, it will be more than worth the loss.

"It seems that we will not be able to build a country on our own in the short term, otherwise we will have unimaginable consequences. Therefore, we still have to be the courtiers of the 'Great Qing Dynasty'. After all, the Manchus were the Chinese government recognized by the international community, and if we became independent, it would make it impossible for us to expel the Manchus reasonably and legally. After all, this era is different from the past 200 years, there are more things to consider, and the shape of international struggles is more complicated. Therefore, we have to be cautious, and even if we oppose the Qing Dynasty, it must be within the framework of international permission. Wang Guorui said.

And Zheng Hong asked: "Then we are so cheap Manchu?" ”

"Of course, it's not like I won't ask the Manchus for some benefits here. Even if we don't seem to be independent, in fact, we must be able to have independent rights and be able to divide one side. Wang Guorui said.

Although it could not be truly independent as a state, it could at least allow the Manchus to recognize the result of their long rule over Taiwan. Wang Guorui thought that the Manchus would agree, after all, those Chinese bureaucrats were people who valued face more than actual interests, so it was natural to agree with Wang Guorui's result of "independence but not independence". (To be continued......)