More than a month later

The British envoy, Marquis François Bowman, took a letter from the new prime minister, Henry John Temple, and once again approached Duke Liu Xianjun, the prime minister of the Tang Empire, in an attempt to exert pressure to get 67 Chinese officers and their families who had worked for British Canada out of their misery and regain their lives.

Unexpectedly, this time I ate a soft nail that was not big or small, and I came back with no result.

With the sharp rise in the strength of the Tang Empire, it was followed by changes in foreign policy, and it was no longer solely dependent on Britain as the sole leader.

Instead, it became more confident and independent, and the Tang Empire developed a diversified diplomatic situation with relatively friendly bilateral relations with France, Prussia, Tsarist Russia, Italy, the Ottomans, Belgium and Austria-Hungary.

In just over half a year

The Tang Empire's diplomatic stance became more and more diverse, such as the licensing of patent technology for naval equipment, breech artillery, trigger fuses and yellow high explosives, the United States of America (Northern) debt arrangement, and the elimination of transatlantic tariff barriers (including the North American Common Market in the South and the North), all of which adopted a reasonable and restrained attitude, neither unilaterally looking up nor belittling themselves, but dealing with them as equal partnerships.

The British are arrogant again, the Tang Empire no longer eats this set, whether it is a trade treaty or patent authorization that you want to negotiate, you must come up with the corresponding things or price.

It is impossible to enjoy the benefits in vain, and those days are gone.

The British side apparently did not adapt to this new change, and before the fall of the short-lived cabinet of Lord Edward Smith Stanley of the last Conservative Party, the two countries had hardly reached any substantive agreement, and its slow action greatly displeased the British business community, which was also one of the reasons for the collapse of the Conservative Cabinet.

In exchange for the difficult role of Prime Minister Henry John Temple, who caused a deep headache for the Tang Emperor Richard, Queen Victoria appointed a cabinet to form a new Liberal government from June 12, 1862.

This was also the result of the internal struggle in the political situation in London, and in the end, Lord Temple, who advocated large-scale overseas expansion and colonization, and strongly defended the interests of the British Empire, had the last laugh.

I have to say

This guy's reputation in London is really high, like the ups and downs of the political immortal, and he has almost served in important cabinet positions or as prime ministers in the past 20 years, which is inseparable from his actual toughness and very much in line with the taste of the British.

It has been more than two months since the new cabinet took office.

Prime Minister Henry John Temple also knew that he was not treated well by the Tang Emperor Richard, and during the previous cabinet of Prime Ministers, he wrote 31 personal letters to the Tang Emperor, and received only 6 replies from them, all of which added up to less than 200 words.

Therefore, Prime Minister Henry John Temple wrote a letter to Prime Minister Yoo Hyun-jun for the sake of 67 Chinese military officers this time, trying to open a breakthrough point from him.

Who knows, it was actually a closed door.

Liu Xianjun, the prime minister of the Tang Empire, had clearly told the British envoy, Marquis François Bowman, that His Majesty the Emperor was very angry about the planting of dissidents in the imperial army this time, and the military bigwigs were deeply dissatisfied, and this serious impact would be difficult to eliminate for a while.

The Imperial side has solemnly sent a note to Fuso, Korea, and Vietnam, ordering their heads of state to make a solemn apology, strictly restrain the behavior of the people, and bear all the serious consequences arising therefrom.

As one of the particularly bad Fuso countries, the imperial side has issued a serious warning, and threatened with force, and handed over the Amami Islands to the Ryukyu Kingdom within a time limit of three months, and declared that the Fuso Kingdom must not invade the Ryukyu Kingdom, a vassal state of the Tang Empire.

Otherwise; "Thousands of miles of sea and frontier can be crossed in ten months, when the steam ironclad army arrives, and the destruction of Er's and others is just a snap of the ashes, this is the most serious warning, I hope that the whole country must not mistake themselves!"

The wording was unprecedentedly harsh, and it was enough to deter the gang.

In 1693, the Satsuma clan was forced to cede the northern Amami Islands to Japan, and it has been 169 years since then, and a large number of Fuso people have immigrated to the islands, numbering 610,000.

But the Tang Empire didn't care about this matter, and directly ordered it to spit it out, so as to teach Fusang a cruel lesson.

If you don't listen to the greeting, then you will beat the girl! That's how tough the attitude is.

The remaining one of the United States of America had already been beaten up, and at that time the two countries were in a hostile situation, and it was not a matter of planting nails in each other, and the Tang Empire did the same.

Now that the thunder has exploded, the United States of America (North) has a very good attitude of admitting defeat and surrendering, saying that after going back, it will investigate the secret files in detail and immediately remove the hidden piles that may still exist, so as to give an explanation to the Tang Empire.

It's already okay to have this, and there's no need to push the other party to death.

Sum it up

It's more difficult for the British to install these 67 officers and their families, in essence, the two are allies, and if the British openly arrange for officers to study in various military academies of the Tang Empire, or even enter the army to serve, it will be no problem.

The bad thing is that he is secretly rubbing this thing, and in the end it was exposed.

This has undoubtedly caused great damage to the mutual trust between allies, and the Tang Empire really wants to ask, what do you want to do?

Prime Minister Henry John Temple is also partly responsible. Such a large-scale spy dispatch, and it was sent to the armies of allies, it is impossible for him, as foreign secretary and later prime minister, not to know about it, and perhaps he was one of the masterminds behind it.

Writing a handwritten letter just wants to get rid of all the people, just thinking about fart.

"The Prime Minister has miscalculated, and seeing that since 1862, Britain's policies in North America have met with frequent resistance, and the possibility of reaching a mutually acceptable treaty is very slim, perhaps it is time for us to re-examine our policy toward the Tang State." The British envoy, Marquis Franson Bowman, pinched his eyebrows with a deep headache and said slowly; "Damn, everything is terrible, I'm tired of running around and talking."

Rear Admiral Richard Harold St. Moore, commander of the Royal Navy's fleet in Canada, and Prince Felipe of the Kingdom of Italy looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders together with a look of regret.

Just listen to it, don't take it seriously.

Even a small mayor or county magistrate who is mixed with the political arena of the British high society aristocracy will not easily say that he will give up, let alone this kind of envoy who represents the voice of the suzerainty in the colonies, which is very oily.

Don't say anything else

The Governor of Canada has to prepare at least 3~50,000 pounds, and wherever he goes, there will be local high-ranking officials and dignitaries to welcome him, and all kinds of Cheng Yi will be soft.

If you don't get two or three hundred thousand pounds to go back to the North American continent, it's all for nothing. If it's an eventful time, it's common to double your earnings. If you get some shares in an oil company, you'll be lying down for the rest of your life.

This kind of business trip with oil and water and power, who is stupid will let go.

The envoy felt embarrassed in and out of his words, but he was poked at the essence by a sentence in the inside; i.e. to change the current policy.

In other words, the envoy felt very embarrassed, not because he was embarrassed about whether to suggest that London should change its policy towards the Tang Empire, but because he was embarrassed about how to suggest that London accept the advice of the special minister and take the initiative to adjust its policy towards the Tang Dynasty to adapt to the current situation of the rapid rise of the Tang Kingdom.

Does this count as a preconceived position?

European aristocrats come and go frequently, and these three people were originally old friends, and they were sitting in the manor pavilion leisurely enjoying afternoon tea at the moment, and the topic naturally talked about a series of waves caused by the "lieutenant incident".

"It's reasonable to think about it, the Tang Kingdom is now qualified to sit at the table, just like the unified Kingdom of Italy today, London can't just think about what to take from us, but what to take in exchange?" Prince Felipe took a sip of the teacup and took a sip with an elegant expression, and continued with feeling;

"From the point of view of the Kingdom of Italy, dealing with the Tang State felt more comfortable and equal, and the principle of mutual benefit and reciprocity was reflected in bilateral economic and trade treaties, business, education, or military exchanges.

We can learn from the experience of industrial development and military struggle from the Tang Kingdom, and the Tang Kingdom can learn architecture, art and modern fashion taste from Italy, we can provide martinis and high-quality handmade leather shoes, and they can export canned food with some grain.

Every time we ask for more, then we have to give some.

You see...... This is an equal and mutually beneficial deal, which is beneficial to everyone, not a one-sided demand. ”

"Britain is also doing very well, and the education of the British Empire is the existence that the whole world looks up to today, and there is no equal exchange with the Tang Kingdom. Tang Army General Fan Pengfei once studied at the Royal Sanchester Military Academy, and the victory of the North American War was not due to British education? ”

"A little, but it doesn't matter."

"Wow...... Then I would like to hear the curious views of His Excellency. ”

"Among the 10 first-class ministers of Tang Guo, only Admiral Fan Pengfei has received 4 and a half months of short-term study, and if he has not learned anything in such a short period of time, I am afraid that there will be a question mark?" Although Prince Felipe is unknown in history and is drowned in countless noble ministers in modern European history, it does not mean that his personal ability is weak.

In this era, the European aristocracy, mastering 3~4 foreign languages is the basic start, and it is not unusual for many people to be proficient in using more than 10 foreign languages, can such aristocrats be said to be stupid?

Prince Felipe, for example, was a son of the royal family of the Kingdom of Sardinia, fluent in Latin, Italian, Spanish, French and English, and fluent in Arabic and Russian, and now planned to live in the Tang Empire for two years to learn Chinese, and personally served as the first ambassador of the Kingdom of Italy to Tang.

As a matter of diplomatic courtesy, the Tang Kingdom will send princes to travel to Europe, and the first ambassador to the Kingdom of Italy will be His Royal Highness Don-Li Yuan, Duke of Hawaii (the Grand Prince).

Of course, this is only a ceremonial duty, and the specific affairs must be handled by the embassy's experienced diplomatic staff.

Prince Felipe, who was also a quick-witted and eloquent man, drank two sips of tea, ate a plum cookie, and swallowed the food in his mouth with grace, and then continued;

"Throughout history, more than eighty percent of the glory of the British Empire was created by the Royal Navy's fleet that dominated the world, and the British army was able to destroy cities and conquer overseas colonies and be almost invincible.

Among them, the performance of the British Army is greatly inferior, and there are almost no commendable records.

The British lost the American Revolutionary War, in which France intervened, and were defeated in five successive anti-French alliances in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The French Emperor Napoleon led an army of 650,000 men to try to conquer Tsarist Russia, but was defeated and lost, leaving only 27,000 remnants of the defeated army to flee back to Paris.

In this case

Britain organized the 6th Anti-French Coalition and fought against France with Tsarist Russia, Prussia, Norway, and Austria, and finally won the war after losing and winning.

In the European theater, the British Army hardly won a victory on its own, and even in the colonial wars around the world, it often dragged the French alongside them, such as the first and second Opium Wars.

The recent Crimean War was a similar situation, with the Ottoman army at the forefront, and the Anglo-French-Tang and Sardinian forces focusing on the fortress of Sevastopol, which took more than two years to gnaw this hard bone.

The first Anglo-Burmese war and the first Anglo-Afghan war fought by the British themselves were defeated, so what reason is there to say that such an unbearable record is very strong?

And what can be taught to the generals of the Tang Kingdom?

Without the world-leading Royal Navy, Britain would still be the British Isles on the European side, rather than the British Empire.

Therefore, more than eighty percent of the glory of the British Empire today belongs to the Royal Fleet. And the British Army really has nothing to show off. ”

As soon as Prince Felipe finished speaking, Rear Admiral St. Moore next to him clapped and said with a smile; "The British Army, who are above the top, should be heard, they have been pumping the Royal Navy for more than a day or two, and it is frustrating that this situation is still going to continue."

"Mr. Major General, do you also agree with the government's re-examination of its policy toward Tang?"

"There's nothing special on the Royal Navy side looking forward to this, we just want to get some damn technology licenses as soon as possible, the sooner the better, and as for how to achieve this, that's the government's business."

The Marquis Françon-Bowman revealed a little bit of negotiating details, saying; "OK, the quid pro quo proposed by the Tang Empire is to give the Canadian people full right to choose, rather than a one-way choice to join the Canadian Federation, and you can also consider the Tang Empire in the south or establish a separate state.

This shows that their confidence swelled after winning the North American War and they had ambitions for the northern territories.

At present, a large number of Chinese immigrants have entered the northern provinces of British Columbia and the Yukon territory, and the total number has reached as many as 52,000, which is twice the population of the above two provinces.

The social structure is also fully Chinese, which is a very worrying trend! ”

Rear Admiral St. Moore shook his head; "The Royal Navy can only express regret and cannot do anything. After winning the final victory in the war, the London government gave the East Indies to the Dutch crown as a reward for their steadfastness in the previous anti-French alliances. "Major General St. Moore said this, paused deliberately, shook his head with deep regret and sighed; For the East Indies, we fought with the Dutch for more than 160 years, and as a result, Downing Street waved a favor, what can the Royal Navy say? ”

The Marquess Françon-Bowman's eyes lit up when he heard these words, and he already knew how to reply to London, first by drawing on the powerful alliance of the Royal Navy, and then by presenting it to the Cabinet.

As for whether it will succeed or not, it is not something he can control, anyway, he tried his best.

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