Chapter 464 So happily decided, let the United States, India and Europe be unlucky!

Blenheim Palace, Long Library.

"Marquis, I don't understand. Who does Ming Dynasty regard as its main opponent? Is it us, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, or the Indian Empire? Is your request for the United Kingdom really just the wild southern continent?

?Are our two countries fighting to the death over the land used to exile criminals?"

The person who raised the question was the most daring Viscount Palmerston - in another timeline, he openly claimed that "the British Empire has no permanent friends, only permanent interests"! Although this was originally the British way of dealing with international affairs.

It is a consistent principle in matters of business, but when I say it openly, it still seems to be a bit loose.

After hearing this question, Zhuge Weixue laughed: "Viscount, don't you understand what the diplomatic principles against the West have been that our Ming Dynasty has adhered to since King Wu Zhong? We have never regarded Britain as our main opponent.

Britain has always been our friend in the past. But in the future, after the end of this war to determine who is number one in the world and who is number two, our two countries will still be friends and will become even closer!

As for our main opponent, now of course it is Britain, but in the past and in the future there will be three, the United States of America, the Indian Empire and Europe!"

"And Europe?"

"You mean a united Europe?"

"This seems to be from the UK too."

When it comes to opposing Europe, the three British guys immediately get excited!

A united Europe is certainly a great enemy for the Ming Dynasty. But for Britain, it is a question of whether the country can still exist. Even if Britain can still exist, it will inevitably lose all its glory because of the unification of Europe.

With dreams, and of course most of the wealth!

To put it bluntly, Europe's prosperity after the Age of Discovery relied on zero-dollar purchases all over the world, while Britain's special wealth was based on sucking the blood of Europe. Therefore, not making things easier for Europeans has always been Britain's number one diplomatic principle!

Zhuge Weixue said with a serious face: "Obviously, we both have common interests on the issue of not allowing Europe to be unified. A divided Europe should have at least three poles, and at the same time there needs to be a broken core. In ideal terms

In this case, these three poles must be located on Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the British Isles respectively. Because the two poles that control Eastern Europe and Western Europe must be opposite. And the third pole located on the islands must not want to see the two poles on the European continent.

Decide the outcome, and because she is an island country with a small population and cannot build a continental army large enough to conquer Europe after maintaining the necessary large navy, she can only prevent the unification of Europe, but cannot herself

To unify Europe, this is why Ming Dynasty has been quite friendly to Britain in the past hundred years. Of course, the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Britain will only become closer in the future!"

Zhuge Weixue continued: "The core of Europe, that is, Germany in Central Europe, must be fragmented and weakened! Because a unified, cohesive, and powerful Germany will inevitably become the basis of a unified Europe. Just imagine,

If the German states and the Austrian Empire become a whole, it will be a powerful country with the German nation as the absolute main body, controlling a population of more than 60 million, with a complete industrial system and developed agriculture. France, with a population of only 30 million, will have a long-term future.

It seems impossible to resist her, and it seems difficult for the Rakshasa with a population of 68 million to resist alone a Germany that defeated France and dominated Central, Western and Southern Europe! And a unified Germany is what the United Kingdom is trying its best to prevent, and

Good results were achieved.

Therefore, the role that Britain can play in preventing European unification is irreplaceable. We need a strong and prosperous Britain, even if she once fought a war with us to compete for the first place in the world! And to prove this,

Our Pacific Fleet has now stopped chasing the main force of our Royal Navy. They can now leave Australia and return to Europe after completing supplies in Sydney Harbor.

In addition, we do not want to meet the main force of the Royal Navy on the battlefield again. Because you, the United Kingdom, also need the remaining fleet to protect the security of the homeland to prevent the French little Napoleon from leading the navy that we helped the Bourbons build.

and the army left by his great father to launch a surprise attack on the British mainland!"

The merger of the Bonapartists and the Republicans in France and their coming to power was indeed a major event that was beyond the expectations of the rulers of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty supported the Bourbon dynasty in reviving France partly because of its traditional friendship with the Bourbon dynasty - from Louis XIV

From the beginning, the Bourbon dynasty, which leads European fashion, has been "bringing goods" for the Ming Dynasty. This is a friendship cast with real money! On the one hand, it is the need to contain Rakshasa. After Alexander I defeated Napoleon I, he jumped on the horse in Paris and could not

A generation!

Unexpectedly, the Bourbon dynasty, which was supported by the Ming Dynasty, was still not loved by the French people, and was ousted by Napoleon II, who pretended to be a republic!

Therefore, Zhuge Weijiu and Zhuge Weixue were very worried that Napoleon II would take advantage of the British Royal Navy's disastrous defeat in the Pacific to attack England secretly, so they wanted to leave some navy for the British.

British Lord of the Admiralty Viscount Palmerston smiled and said: "Marquis, your worries are unnecessary. Now all the shipyards in the British Isles are working day and night to build warships. It will take up to 6 months. Our latest standard displacement is 42,000 tons.

A new battleship equipped with 16-inch cannon and 60,000 horsepower will be put into use!"

His words are of course bragging. Although the UK has several 40,000-ton projects under development, none of them have advanced to the point of starting production. Currently, the British shipyards are still building a large number of Indian Emperor-class and William-class ships.

The fourth generation class is also preparing to launch the Furious class - that is a new aircraft-carrying fast cruiser with more than 20,000 tons. However, it is unlikely that the first ship of the Furious class will be put into use within 12 months.

Zhuge Weixue smiled and said: "Since you have a 42,000-ton battleship, we can rest assured. Although your 42,000-ton battleship will definitely not be able to defeat our 52,000-ton battleship, it can't deal with the slow speed of the French."

Fast and heavy artillery battleships are enough, after all, those are only 25,000-ton battleships."

Of course he is also cheating on diplomatic negotiations.

He then changed the topic and said with a smile: "In addition, the problems of the United States of America and India are also obvious. These two countries have as much land and resources as Central Europe, Western Europe and Southern Europe combined, and they have initially achieved political progress.

The United States is constantly absorbing immigrants from Europe. In the foreseeable future, it will be a country with a large population. India now has a population of 200 million or 300 million, and there will be more in the future. So we believe that the United States is

What it will look like after the unification of Europe, while India is a China that is in a declining stage. If given time, the rise of the United States and India will definitely threaten the Ming Dynasty's leadership of the world and will replace the British Empire's current status. By the way, our Ming Dynasty

There has never been any hostility towards Britain, the second most powerful country in the world. If you have done anything that we find unacceptable, it is that you allowed the United States to become independent and tried to build India into a truly unified country. This is what we must not tolerate

Reasons not to go to war with Britain!"

"In other words." British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel looked at Zhuge Weixue with some disbelief, "Everything is the fault of the United States and India?"

"It can be said!" Zhuge Weixue said, "So these two countries must pay a really heavy price for the mistakes they made!"

"What about us?" Robert Peel asked, "Do we have to lose Australia? That's a huge continent!"

Zhuge Weixue nodded and said: "We know. We have to take the new version of the world map to tell the people down there, what did we get in this war that cost astronomical amounts of military expenditure? Australia is so big, it will definitely satisfy people.

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In addition, we also need to get Oregon, which is co-governed by Britain and the United States. Maybe it can be changed to the name of co-governance by Britain and the United States, as long as the United States is excluded.

I think such a loss is not unbearable for the United Kingdom. In fact, you have not used Oregon at all, and Australia is just a prisoner penal colony. The world is so big, where can’t prisoners be exiled? They can be sent to Canada. Really

If not, just enclose territory in Africa.”

Viscount Palmerston and Robert Peel exchanged glances, and Robert Peel asked: "What about the issue of war compensation?"

"Compensation?" Zhuge Weixue shook his head, "The Ming Dynasty must be the winner, and the winner has no obligation to compensate. However, the Ming Emperor will not ask his sister-in-law for money, so you can rest assured."

Viscount Palmerston said: "But we can't give up on Australia because British bookstores also sell world maps!"

Zhuge Weixue nodded: "I understand, you can't give up, but we can win the war, that's it!"

Palmerston said: "We have deployed 500,000 troops in Australia. You cannot capture it quickly, but the war should not continue forever. This is not good for both of us! It will only benefit Europe, India, and the United States.

, maybe we can consider other alternatives."

Zhuge Weixue smiled and said: "Yes, there is no benefit in continuing to fight. Sooner or later the people will get tired of it. Then set a timetable. We will seize the entire coastline of Australia within 12 months!

After 12 months, regardless of whether we have achieved this goal, we hope to sign a permanent and just peace treaty with Queen Victoria that will benefit both the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain!"
Chapter completed!