Chapter 76: Know yourself and your opponent
According to the intelligence feedback, Western countries are increasing their troops by a large margin. Deng Zixuan searched for the information in his memory and carefully examined the historical trajectory of the new revision. This year, the steel output of the United States has reached 2 million tons, and the scale of its economic development has approached the level of Britain.
The Americans were shrewd, they sent a fleet to support military supplies, but they didn't send a single soldier. The Americans seized the opportunity to build factories and mines in the Qing Dynasty, and took advantage of the opportunity of the war to quietly extend their economic tentacles to this magical land. Deng Zixuan knew that the rapid development of the US economy and its own economic model were becoming saturated in the development of the western part of the United States, and it was imperative for the US Government to expand overseas out of its own economic interests.
And Britain, the old empire on which the sun never sets, has already shown its traces of the decline of the river. Despite the decline of British mythology, the British Empire remained the leader of Shijie, who was not only the first factory of Shijie, but also the first country of the Industrial Revolution and industrialization, and the advocate of Western capitalism, the birthplace of the early democratic parliament. Its science, literature, and art have reached an unprecedented level of prosperity.
At the beginning of the lanterns, in the late autumn night, Guangzhou is still as warm as spring. Deng Zixuan stood in the large living room, and a huge Shijie map appeared on the entire wall. This Shijie map was carefully drawn by Deng Zixuan's subordinates according to his memory requirements. Although the map is not very accurate, it basically outlines the outline of the four oceans and seven continents, and the key is the geographical location of each country, which is very clear and accurate. It is no exaggeration to say that for now, this map is the only standard Shijie map within the Shijie range.
Wan'er doesn't know what she's busy with lately, and often comes home late. At this time, Deng Zixuan was the only one in the living room, "Commander-in-chief, dinner is ready!" The guards came in to interrupt Deng Zixuan's musings. Deng Zixuan took out his pocket watch and glanced at it and said, "Don't worry, I'll eat when Mrs. comes back!" The guard cautiously departed, his eyes on the map again, anchoring a country that was on the rise in Europe.
In the Second Franco-Prussian War, the Germans defeated the French, and the German Empire truly became a unified state. Under the leadership of the iron-blooded Prime Minister Dpet Bismarck, Germany rapidly transitioned from a traditional agricultural country to industrialization. As a rising military power, the Germans had to complete their own industrialization process, so the conditions for outward expansion were not yet ripe, so many of Germany's internal problems had not been solved. However, there was such a haode interest in East Asia that the strict Germans had to get a piece of the pie, and now this was the German countermeasure.
Needless to say, France, as an overseas colony second only to Britain, has never stopped its expansionist ambitions. Faced with their own defeat and the rapid rise of the German mainland's military liliang, the French must find a way out in the face of the humiliation of the defeat and the huge war reparations, and in order to calm the contradictions of the people at home, it is imperative to continue to expand overseas. Therefore, the French could no longer stop the war in Annam and even in the Qing Dynasty, and the French had to reap the dividends of the war and had no choice.
Deng Zixuan Zuihou set his sights on that vast country, a country that was very greedy for land and was always expanding outward. Deng Zixuan searched for the relics of history, and a clear picture emerged in his mind. In the 200 years since Peter the Great, Russia has created unparalleled glory. After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the Russians began to dominate European affairs.
However, in contrast to the European Industrial Revolution and the democratic and constitutional capitalist system, serfdom in Russia greatly limited the country's economic development and social progress. Especially after the defeat in the Crimean War, the Russians felt a huge gap between themselves and the British and French powers. Against this backdrop, the Tsar was forced to abolish serfdom for five centuries in the 60s of the 19th century, under the pressure of internal and external difficulties, and Russia seemed to be prospering.
The abolition of serfdom provided labor and a vast market for the development of industrialization in Russia, especially the literati represented by Tolstoy, who ran and shouted and spared no effort for the great progress of society. As he wrote in his classic work "Resurrection", "Everything has turned upside down, and everything has just begun." "Next, what should be the path of Russia's great power?
The literary giant Tolstein, the count who had served as an artillery company commander in the Crimean War, felt deeply about Russia's backwardness and went to Europe in confusion to explore where he hoped to find Russia's future path. At that time, all European countries were trying their best to catch up with Britain's industrialization process, and industrialization and the capitalist system almost became the only secret to the strength of rich countries and soldiers.
However, Tolstoy's trip to Europe was even more perplexing, as he saw not only the development of European powers, but also the various social contradictions caused by capitalist society in the stage of primitive accumulation, when workers' uprisings broke out one after another in European countries. He was disappointed to find that the capitalist system did not eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor in society, did not change the reality of human oppression, and did not give people more freedom.
At that time, there were many people who had the same ideas as Tolstoy, whether they were nobles or paupers, and they began to think and choose new ways in the face of Russia, which had several ups and downs on the road to becoming a strong country. Historians have commented that there have always been two major factions in Russian intellectual circles. That is, the Westerners and the Slavophiles, and the antagonism between the two factions intensified at the end of the 19th century.
Westerners believe that Western civilization should be a model for Russia. Everything in Western Europe is haode, including education, society, democracy, which is what we should learn from, and the Western European model is the only option. The Slavophiles believed that everything in Russia before Peter's reform was haode, a very quiet and harmonious village commune. However, Peter's reforms led to the division of the entire nation in Russia, so Peter was actually a historical sinner of the Russian nation.
In the fierce confrontation, Russia produced a large number of thinkers and literary giants such as Chernyshevsky, Belinsky, Plekhazhov, Tolstoy and so on. As a result of the great changes in Russian society that took place as a result of their thinking, Russians began to jump out of the simple dispute between tradition and modernity, began to use their own minds to observe and think about the external shijie, and were not shy to express their views to the whole shijie in their own language.
Deng Zixuan thought of this and smiled bitterly, it makes no sense for this shijie to decorate with empty theories, the law of the forest is a history of development that human beings have to follow, and anyone who wants to disobey him will face a huge disaster. The current ideological confusion in Russia is extremely beneficial to itself. Standing at the height of history and through the prism of history, Deng Zixuan can see more clearly than anyone else, even naked.
That's good! You're coming together, and I'm going to go it alone. What kind of United Nations army, let you all fold in the sacred land of China. Now Deng Zixuan has skipped the Manchu court, and his eyes are aimed at Shijie, he must open a bloody road for the Chinese nation in the battle, and he must have the ambition to dominate Shijie.
Recently, the ministers have been mentally unstable, especially in the face of the joint suppression of Western countries. It seems that it is necessary to teach the ministers a lesson and systematically explain to them the current situation in Western countries. In the next military field, we must not only fight against the Manchus, but also fight against the Western camp, so it is necessary to unite internally and strengthen confidence. As the saying goes: military is a continuation of politics, and political means must be accompanied by military action.
"Husband, what are you thinking? I heard you haven't had dinner yet! Wan'er's voice broke Deng Zixuan's contemplation. Seeing Wan'er hanging her coat on the hanger, Deng Zixuan asked, "What are you busy with during this time, and you often come back so late?" Wan'er smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't tell you first, I'll give you a surprise when the time comes." I'm hungry, let's eat! Wan'er's figure floated out lightly, Deng Zixuan shook his head and secretly thought: It's incredible that women are crazy.
While eating, Deng Zixuan looked at Wan'er intently, still unable to extricate himself from the tangled history of history. "Husband! What are you looking at me like that? Wan'er asked in surprise. Do you know Victoria? Deng Zixuan asked suddenly. Know! It's the Queen of England! "But you don't know that as a woman, Victoria ushered in a great era and created the glory of the British Empire!"
"What does the sun never set!" Wan'er was confused. "That is, the land of the British Empire has no meaning of night, and it is always bathed in the sun, which shows that the territory of the British Empire is vast." "Victoria is amazing, what kind of person is she?" Victoria, born in 1819, ascended the throne at the age of 18 and has been on the throne for 44 years. Victoria ・・・・・・. Wan'er was silent.