The conflict finally came to an end. Xiao Letian's big game in England finally came to an end. The situation was very clear, and all the previous arrangements had the final result. 【Longtan Book Network】
Benjamin's downfall has become doomed. Now what the old man wants is just a matter of face. Maybe the Queen wants him to have a decent ending. After all, it would be nicer to take the initiative to step down, and it will also lay the groundwork for containing Gladstone in the future. Foreshadowing.
Will Benjamin stage a restoration again? Xiao Letian's judgment is positive, because in history, this invincible Xiaoqiang has indeed been hiding for many years. Finally, after Gladstone made a major diplomatic mistake, he successfully launched an impeachment and brought Gladstone down.
It is really embarrassing to say that Gladstone's biggest mistake was really what Xiao Letian judged. This civil servant who valued domestic affairs over diplomacy did not know how to deal with colonial wars.
When Sir Gordon was the supreme military commander in Egypt, a great uprising broke out in Sudan against British colonial rule. When Gordon led the main force to relieve the siege of the British army in Khartoum, the reinforcements and the besieged army were attacked by Sudan. Heavy siege by the army.
However, at this critical moment, Gladstone was slow to respond and did not send reinforcements for rescue. It was only after the reinforcements lifted the siege of Khartoum that they discovered that Governor Gordon had died in the battle.
The queen was furious when she heard the news. A senior colonial governor-level official was killed in battle. Such a shameful thing happened in North Africa, an area that had been completely penetrated by Europe.
The Prime Minister cannot escape the blame. Gladstone was completely abandoned by the Queen. Coupled with the influence of some domestic opposition forces, Benjamin took advantage of the situation and eventually replaced him, and the restoration was successful.
This is what history originally looked like, but Xiao Letian's forcible insertion has changed history. Can Benjamin succeed in another restoration?
In the past, Xiao Letian was not sure, but today he understood that with Gladstone's characteristic of being good at domestic affairs and neglecting war, Britain would definitely suffer a big loss in the future, whether it was Egypt, Sudan, or India and East Asia. Once Gladstone When you encounter something that you are not good at, you will naturally find flaws. When the time comes, the opposition will definitely take advantage of the situation.
Xiao Letian even had a vague hunch that maybe in the not-too-distant future, when the Chinese have the strength to fight, the situation will rapidly evolve to an irreversible point. Will the Chinese then have a war with the British? Woolen cloth? And will this war cause major changes in the situation in the UK?
It is very possible that the opportunity for Gladstone to step down in the future may not be Sudan, but may be in East Asia, among the Chinese.
Now Xiao Letian doesn't have to think about such distant issues. He and Gladstone talked secretly for half the night and finally finalized the details of future cooperation.
Once Gladstone comes to power, the first thing to do is to exchange credentials between the Chinese and the British. This is something that has been promised long ago. The British will officially declare to the world that it recognizes the Chinese as an independent country and the two sides will establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing.
Letters of credence will be exchanged first, and economic, military, and cultural cooperation projects after the establishment of diplomatic relations can be discussed slowly, the slower the better.
Negotiations between major countries are very complex. Sometimes a single point of preferential tariff policy can bring about tens of millions of pounds of interest changes, and a mistake can involve the direction of hundreds of millions of funds.
Therefore, negotiations between countries can never be concluded in a short time. Xiao Letian can temporarily put aside Gladstone's unequal treaties and talk slowly and carefully. There is no problem in talking for three or four years. Anyway, the country Books have been exchanged, and a diplomatic breakthrough for the Chinese people has begun.
And the most critical point is that Xiao Letian did not want to reach a specific agreement with Gladstone before the Franco-Prussian War, because he knew that the most important thing to take advantage of at the negotiating table was to be able to flex his muscles.
If the Chinese army achieves brilliant results that shock the world on French soil, then Britain will have to put away its arrogant temper in the final negotiations.
The better the Chinese army fights, the more things they can get at the final negotiation table. This is the true meaning of negotiation. Can you convince others by just talking? Those are the truths emphasized by children, adults don’t believe that.
After the exchange of credentials is completed, Xiao Letian's Chinese will no longer stay in Europe. Prussia has long been prepared to receive them. The British Royal Navy will escort the Chinese army to the Port of Hamburg, and then there will be a battle between the Chinese and Prussians. the establishment of diplomatic relations.
But Xiao Letian was not prepared to take Emperor Tongzhi to Prussia because he knew that Gladstone would never let Emperor Tongzhi leave. Not to mention that having only Benjamin as Emperor Tongzhi would be a treasure, and Gladstone was not stupid either.
Xiao Letian had already learned about the meeting between him and Gordon from Fangguan, and he knew what Gladstone and Gordon had said without even guessing.
Railway! railway!
It seems that the British are willing to do anything to control this railway. This brat Zai Chun is definitely going to make a fortune. With the British backing him, his pro-government will be much smoother.
A child has to grow up because of his mother, and a tree has to branch out. Xiao Letian never thought of controlling Zai Chun for the rest of his life. His most important task during these years as Zai Chun's master was to plant a little poison in Emperor Tongzhi's heart.
Xiao Letian was not so kind as to help the Qing Dynasty cultivate a prosperous and wise king. What he actually cultivated was a military strongman within the Qing Dynasty.
Carefully studying Guo Zaichun's character, and then poisoning this character, gave the young Emperor Tongzhi unrealistic fantasies, made him eager for quick success, and made him even more violent and radical.
What's the end result? Naturally, it was a civil war between the Manchus. This is what the Chinese wanted.
The civil war in the Qing Dynasty could be fought slowly, even three or four years was not too much. The more a group of mad dogs killed each other, the more their image in the minds of the Han people collapsed.
After more than two hundred years of brainwashing in the Qing Dynasty, how can we break the lies and deception of those slaves and corrupt Confucians? How to reverse the enslavement mentality in the hearts of Han people all over the world?
There is only one answer, and that is to let the masters of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty embarrass themselves in front of the whole world and lose all their underwear.
Let the people all over the world really see what a bunch of people they are. Only in this way can the Chinese steal this country!
The established strategy cannot be changed. In fact, the fortress plan is also based on this grand strategy.
Now that Zai Chun wants to play bigger, let him continue to play. This railway is a joint-stock operation anyway. No matter how powerful the British are, they cannot be alone. The Chinese also have to occupy a large share in it.
As long as the hand can reach in, when the strength becomes stronger in the future, there will be a day when it can be taken back.
Farewell, my disciple Aixinjue Luo Zaichun, I hope your future will be prosperous, and I hope you can release your energy to the fullest.
Don't be afraid if you fail, the master is behind you to protect you, King Shangtai is your future ending, a rich and idle emperor can still give you.
Of course, that’s all!
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