America, Washington, white house.
Two special envoys from the British Empire, the "unfilial father" of the United States, Foreign Secretary Robert Peel and Viscount Palmerston, led by the US Secretary of State Henry Clay, walked into the school that had been invaded more than ten years ago. The British soldiers burned it down, and now it has been restored and painted with white paint that looks very clean.
To be honest, when these two distinguished guests who came all the way from their "father's country" Great Britain set foot on this vibrant land in New York, they had an indescribable feeling in their hearts. Although the United States is the treacherous son of Great Britain, but... it is the treasonous son of the British Empire that makes it big!
This country and the British Empire really have an endless blood connection.
Moreover, insightful British people such as Robert Peel and Viscount Palmerston all have vague expectations that the future of the British Empire may lie in the great traitor of the United States.
Because the development speed of American Rebellion since its birth is really amazing. This is only a 50-year-old country, and there is no need to compare it with thousands of years of ancient countries like India and Ming Dynasty. Even compared with the younger countries in Eastern and Northern Europe, the United States is too young. It is simply a "Baby Country". But when this "baby country" was first left, its territory was larger than France itself!
In the decades after its birth, this country was as if it had eaten baking powder. It was called an expansion! In just fifty years, it has expanded into an intercontinental country covering more than 5 million square kilometers.
What's even more rare is that this country is like a magnet for European immigrants, attracting countless white people to immigrate here every year. Today, the population of the United States has grown from 2.8 million at the beginning to almost 20 million... It won't be long before it surpasses his father, the British Empire.
What attracts white Europeans to the United States across the ocean like a tide is the high income and low cost of living that this country can provide - this country can provide those homeless people who can't even eat in Europe with the same level of provision as the United Kingdom. A standard of living that only the middle class can have!
Moreover, from time to time, this country can provide opportunities for ordinary people to become rich overnight...For example, the recent oil boom in Pennsylvania has turned many people who were originally penniless into millionaires.
This kind of thing is unimaginable in Europe... If someone discovers oil under a certain piece of farmland in England, most of the people who can benefit from it will also be a noble family with a long history.
It is really difficult for ordinary people to benefit from it.
But in the United States, a newly prosperous country with a history of only a few decades, there are not so many long-standing and noble families controlling everything... Therefore, the opportunities in the United States are for everyone (white Europeans). Almost equal!
This is not to mention Europe, where many countries have not yet gotten rid of the shackles of serfdom. Even the New Ming Dynasty, which has always been known for its "equality and averageness", has found it difficult to achieve it - 100 years ago, the New Ming Dynasty just completed a The era of "bloody restart" may also be like this. This is obviously the reason why the Ming Dynasty could catch up from behind and create the miracle of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Well, almost all European sociologists and economists have studied the "Miracle of the New Ming Dynasty"...a country that looked like it was going to be a colony suddenly rose from the edge of subjugation in a very short period of time. After a round of revolutionary changes, it began more than 100 years of crazy growth. From a country that had lagged behind the times, it jumped to the top of the world and became a country on the top of a mountain that looked down upon the great powers. For Europeans who have fallen behind for no reason, why not do some research?
They also want to learn from others and use long-term strategies to make them wiser!
And the result of most scholars' research is... a bloody restart!
A moribund country, after a round of "restart" that consumed most of its population and destroyed countless wealth, became rejuvenated overnight!
But now, Ming Dynasty has entered middle age, domestic wealthy conglomerates have grown up, and the population has expanded to 360 million. Although people's lives are quite good, opportunities for ordinary people to get rich are becoming increasingly rare. The country's economic growth is getting slower and slower, and the spirit of twilight is returning bit by bit.
This may be the reason why the rulers of the Ming Empire began to change the policy of peaceful development that had been implemented for more than a hundred years and turned to an expansionary policy, right?
The eight great families who ruled the Ming Dynasty probably also wanted to raise an "America" of their own! Even if this Ming Dynasty version of "America" is also a disobedient traitor, it will bring countless opportunities to countless ordinary people who desire wealth and success... But for the British Empire, this is undoubtedly A devastating disaster.
In order to prevent Ming from cultivating its own "America", the British Empire had to push its own rebellious son onto the battlefield of the world war.
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Robert Peel and Viscount Palmerston, who were already seated in the Oval Office in the white house, looked at the cold, stubborn and unsmiling face of their old acquaintance, President John Quincy Adams, who had served as minister to the United Kingdom. , they all sympathize with this American president... His first term is about to end. If he can be re-elected, his second term will definitely be a nightmare.
He has to watch a prosperous and beautiful country fall into endless war. He will regret every major decision he makes for the rest of his life, even though the outcome of the matter is already doomed!
Thinking of this, Robert Peel, the Foreign Secretary of the British Empire, smiled apologetically and said to the President of the United States: "Mr. President, a huge crisis is approaching the entire Western civilization! And your country is likely to be the first to bear the brunt and become a fierce competition between Eastern and Western civilizations. The front line of the collision!"
"What, why is it the United States?" President Adams Jr. (his father is also the president) was stunned for a moment. "Isn't it India that stands at the forefront of Western civilization's resistance to Ming's invasion?"
The American president seems to be well aware of the situation. He knows that the British father is going to sacrifice his model godson India to drag the Ming Empire into the quagmire... As for his godson, of course he has to deal with the matter of death first.
"Of course, this is our plan," said Viscount Palmerston. "Now preparations for war have begun all over India... There are many new taxes, new armies, new naval factories and new arsenal! The Indians are ready to sacrifice everything to bring down the Ming Dynasty!"
"This is what it should be." Little Adams nodded appreciatively. "Even if they lose everything, as long as they can hold off the Ming Dynasty for the civilized world, it is worth it. I am extremely proud of the brave and fearless Indians!"
Viscount Palmerston said in a rather pious tone: "Me too, may God bless the Indians."
"But," Robert Peel said, "it seems that Ming Dynasty is coming to you, the United States!"
"What?" President Adams was startled. "They are coming for us? Why?"
"Why? Of course it is to seize the rich land and resources on the American continent!" Robert Peel said, "They subdued Japan last year, and two weeks ago they launched a coup in the Kingdom of Hawaii and completely controlled Hawaii. Now, a Ming Dynasty fleet aimed at promoting battleships and cruisers is visiting Mexico, and will go to Gran Colombia next. "
Viscount Palmerston said: "The Ming Empire has obviously decided to arm the Mexican Empire and Gran Colombia... and the United States and the Mexican Empire have had many disputes over the ownership of Texas!
Therefore, the purpose of the Ming Empire to arm Mexico was obviously to provoke war on the American continent... to start a war against the United States of America. "
Robert Peel said: "Mr. President, if your country does not start preparing for war as soon as possible, then in a few years, when the Mexicans and the Ming Empire are ready, your country will face a devastating war!"
