London

The official residence of the Prime Minister on Downing Street

Prime Minister William Hassell has been plagued by a lot of thorny international affairs lately, which has caused him to lose a lot of his little hair.

When he woke up this morning, Prime Minister William Hassel found at least 20 hairs left on the pillow, which was a new pillow he had just used the day before, which made him feel a little lower.

Come to the Prime Minister's Office

When William Hassel learned of France's plans to send troops to North America again, the long-held emotions finally exploded, and he shouted angrily;

"What do these damn French want to do? On the one hand, he hypocritically presented the Statue of Liberty, which represents the friendship between France and the United States, and on the other hand, he sent troops to suppress the American people who fought for their rights, why did the dictatorial monarch of the Tang Dynasty be indifferent and let the French recklessly act on their own territory? ”

George Stadter, the Cabinet Secretary, replied that the documents that were to be presented to His Excellency the Prime Minister for approval today were neatly stacked on the table, and that his hands were busy.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, as far as I know, His Majesty the Tang Emperor is on vacation in the city of the Colorado Plateau in the middle of the empire, where the climate is wonderful. I heard that he brought more than 60 concubines and 35 young princes and princesses with him. God testifies, I really envy him too much. ”

"George, I'm down to business." Prime Minister William Hassel glared at him disapprenantly.

George Stadt shrugged his shoulders regretfully, and after finishing all the papers, he stopped and asked rhetorically;

"Your Excellency, don't you admit that you envy him too? I heard that the court of the Tang Kingdom was full of all kinds of beauties and beauties from the East and the West, with mountains of wealth. Oddly enough...... The authoritarian emperor was also particularly loved, and he had a great charisma that no one else could match. ”

"Alright, George, I'll admit you have a point. The autocratic emperor was a man who had been blessed by the gods of the East, but why would he allow the French to be presumptuous on his own turf? ”

"For the great and wise emperor had foreseen that the French would not succeed."

"Well, anything else?"

"Of course, His Majesty the Emperor also expected that the situation in the United States would develop in the direction of hope, splitting into several small countries that were not threatening, which was in the interests of the Tang State, so why stop it?"

"It does make sense, we can see the future direction, and those cunning Orientals can't see it for no reason." Prime Minister William Hassel walked to his desk and sat down, knocked his head with some headaches, and said;

"In this way, the results we have used all our means to promote have cheapened the Tang people?"

George Stadt nodded affirmatively, his eyes flashing with wisdom, and said in a clear manner;

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, being located in North America is the biggest advantage of the Tang Kingdom, and no one can change this.

His Majesty the Emperor is like a man standing under an apple tree, no matter how he drops a ripe apple, he will always be able to get the most benefit.

If someone is working hard to help fertilize and weed, then why do it yourself?

There is no doubt that the division of the United States of America or not is in the interests of the Tang Empire.

The former case

The United States will once again split into many small countries, which will completely disintegrate the strategic threat to Datang and establish its hegemony in the Americas for hundreds of years or even permanently.

In the international creditor committee, there is no Datang figure, because in the second North American war, Datang and the United States are hostile countries and will not aid the United States even a piece of bread.

Whether this debt is paid off or not will not affect any interests of the Tang State, and they can look at the jokes of the Guoyan with a relaxed expression.

I have carefully studied the composition of the liabilities of the United States of America, and the loans issued by several major financial consortia in the United States are all borrowed by the United States in the name of states or cities, and are mainly secured by fixed assets.

Once the money is not paid, most of the cities in the United States belong to the Tang Kingdom, and when you walk on the streets, you can see that they are the property of the Chinese financial consortium.

The second scenario is that the French want to continue to maintain the unity of the United States.

Then this is also in the interests of the Tang State, an extremely weak United States government that does not have much appeal, and must rely on the Tang State's financial loans and imported materials to survive.

Otherwise, it will "snap" and soon fall apart, as it is now......

The current situation was decided at the end of the war 27 years ago.

Tang Guo kidnapped the country with huge debts, and continuously drew blood from his body to feed himself, maintaining a long-term weak state.

If it does not change, there is no hope for the United States in the next century. ”

"This is shit!" Prime Minister William Hassel scolded indignantly, and from the bottom of his heart, he also felt that what George said was very reasonable and analyzed very thoroughly.

So he asked again; "George, what about the Panama peace talks now? What are your new ideas? ”

The Cabinet Secretary is the top civil servant who can sit on the British Cabinet meetings, the equivalent of the White House chief of staff in the United States, and his powers are even greater than that of the deputy prime minister.

Britain's deputy prime minister can be a running mate, but the cabinet secretary is certainly the most trusted henchman, usually a close confidant of the prime minister, such as George Stott.

George Stadt chuckled and replied;

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister;

This is just a boring superficial article, and Tang Guo is playing with the set of debt shackles that have proven to be very effective, and is used to control the two new South American brothers.

Chile will definitely lose the war, and its territory will inevitably be divided or even completely destroyed, and if it exists, it will be a small and insignificant role.

We don't need to focus on Chile or pay too much attention to it, because the South American chatter may continue for many years until Chile is completely brought down.

From the time President Petrola knelt at the door of the Tang court, Chile was facing the power of the entire Americas, and the chance of winning was less than one in 10,000.

It's like fishing, when the fish in the river struggle to exhaustion, it's all over.

Her Majesty's government is strong, but it is too difficult to move power across the Atlantic, and it is an unequal competition. ”

"Very well said George, please help me close the door when I go out, I want to be alone and quiet." Prime Minister William Hassel leaned back in his chair, his eyes twinkling, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

"Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, everything is as you wish." George Stadter walked out of the room briskly and slammed the door shut.

He knew that the prime minister had listened to his policy advice.

Prime Minister William Cecil sat quietly in his chair, not one South American problem or one North American problem, but the whole world.

in South Africa

The Transvaal Republic and the Republic of Orange, founded by the Boers, have introduced a series of discriminatory laws against British expatriates, which have greatly stimulated the sensitive nerves of the British government.

In 1884, the world's largest Witwatersrand gold mine was discovered on a remote pasture between Pretoria and the Vaal River in the Transvaal.

The ensuing gold rush led to the rapid development of Johannesburg, which in just a few years became an important town with a population of 270,000.

Huge profits from the gold mines and taxes allowed the Transvaal Republic's economy to skyrocket, but also increased friction with the British.

Just this year, the Transvaal Parliament drafted a bill;

Foreign nationals residing in Johannesburg are subject to full taxes, but are not entitled to participate in presidential and legislative elections unless they have resided in the Transvaal for 14 years and have citizenship.

This excludes all British expatriates and makes the British Empire bearably despise?

The letter calling on London to safeguard the interests of British expatriates has been delivered to the desk of the Prime Minister's Office, and has also caused a great reaction in the British House of Commons, with many MPs shouting and shouting to kill.

In addition, the Transvaal prohibits all aliens from holding government office and their children from attending government-funded schools, which is specifically aimed at British.

Because, most of the expatriates in the Transvaal are British, and they are completely face-racing!

In addition to these

The trade war and tariff barriers between the Transvaal and the British colonies of South Africa, as well as the high taxes and economic restrictions imposed by the Transvaal on British mining companies in the country, were a blow to the face.

The Boer manoeuvres had already had a very bad effect in London, and the power of public opinion to call for the government to raise troops for conscription put a lot of pressure on Prime Minister William Hassel.

In Europe

Tsar Nicholas III has officially decided to concentrate resources at all costs on the construction of a major railway artery across Eurasia, known as the "Trans-Siberian Railway"

This railway project of unprecedented scale, which has been brewing for more than 30 years in the Russian Empire, is finally ready to officially start.

The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow in the west, spans eight time zones and 16 Eurasian rivers, passes through more than 1,000 stations along the way, and leads to Vladivostok on the coast of the Fuso Sea, with a total length of more than 9,200 kilometers.

In the railway construction plan, it was planned to pass through the northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, and the eastward strategic intention of the Tsarist Russian Empire was revealed, which is not a good thing!

Britain keenly smelled the crisis, and the aggressive Tsarist Empire did not hesitate to build this railway, which meant that it had established a strategy of large-scale colonial expansion to the East.

This is a great threat to British interests, and Britain will increase its support for Fuso to defend against the threat from the north.

As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, you have to worry about the affairs of the whole world, and the core is of course European affairs.

Prime Minister William Cecil flipped through the papers in his hand, and the news from Germany made him a little uneasy;

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Bismarck were at odds, and it is rumored that there had been several quarrels that broke up unhappily.

Let's be honest;

Chancellor Willem Cecil did not like the ambitious Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was like a reckless and powerful young man who crashed headlong into the circle of the colonial powers.

It seems that in the future, the competition with foreign colonies will become more intense, and the traditional colonial powers such as Britain, France and Tang will have to accept Germany, a reckless new player.

(End of chapter)