Chapter 74 The mastermind behind the scenes must be Ming Dynasty! (Please collect and read)

"What? Someone is going to attack India?" Prime Minister Jenkinson looked at the foreign minister who seemed to be in high spirits, with a look of surprise on his face. After a pause, he asked: "It can't be the Ming Dynasty, right?"

"Of course not," George Canning laughed. "Before the 'Thousand Ship Plan' is completed, the Ming Empire will not even touch Malacca and the East Indies. If they don't control Malacca, how can they attack India?"

"Not Daming? Who is that?" Jenkinson was stunned.

"It's Daikin," Finance Minister Robinson, who is also the chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, interjected. "Prime Minister, the Indian Affairs Committee received a telegram from the East India Company. The telegram said that Qishan, the Consul General of Daikin in Calcutta, submitted a note to the Governor's Palace.

The note stated that because the East India Company smuggled Ya pieces to Bukhara and Samarkand, which caused great harm to the local people, it requested a ban on the Ya pieces trade and compensation, otherwise Daikin would send troops."

"What?" Jenkinson glanced at the already energetic George Canning and said, "Then let the East India Company exercise some restraint. Anyway, places like Bukhara and Samarkand don't have much oil and water."

"Prime Minister, this is not a question of oil and water," Finance Minister Robinson said with a frown, "but a question of the majesty of the British Empire and the international free trade system led by the empire."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted impatiently by the Prime Minister, "Frederick, this is not the House of Commons, so there is no need to say these high-sounding words."

"Yes, Prime Minister." said Finance Minister Robinson, "Emperor Daoguang of the Great Jin Kingdom wants to claim 21 million silver dollars, equivalent to five million pounds!"

"What? Is he crazy because of his poverty?" Prime Minister Jenkinson even suspected that he heard wrongly, "Frederick, could it be that he made a mistake?"

"Prime Minister, the committee has repeatedly confirmed it!" Robinson said, "The committee believes that Emperor Daoguang is either crazy about cultivating immortals. Or he is deliberately provoking!"

"Deliberately provoking?" Prime Minister Jenkinson felt incredulous, "Why? How dare he provoke the British Empire?"

George Canning shrugged and said: "He may be crazy, but he may also be instigated by others!"

Not to mention, although this George Canning will act randomly when he gets high, he is still very smart, otherwise he would not have become a big boss in the Tory Party!

"George, what do you mean?" Jenkinson frowned, obviously already knowing what George Canning meant.

"Prime Minister," George Canning said, "This is the Ming Empire testing our reality! If we cannot defeat opponents like Dai Jin, then the Ming Dynasty will resolutely implement their 'Thousand Ships Plan'. Even if we resolutely follow

If they advance, they will also come up with a larger-scale shipbuilding plan. However, our population and industrial strength are simply not comparable to the Ming Dynasty. Once we start a shipbuilding competition with the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely lose everything in the end! And when the Ming Dynasty's naval strength is far away

When they surpass us, that's when they attack us!"

Finance Minister Robinson also said: "Prime Minister, I agree with George! Ming's 'Thousand Ship Plan' and Dai Jin's provocation appeared at the same time. This cannot be a coincidence!"

Prime Minister Jenkinson nodded and agreed with the views of George Canning and Robinson. He frowned deeply and said: "This is indeed not a coincidence, but another major event that our British Empire has encountered on its journey to eternal glory.

Challenge. The Ming Empire is another Napoleonic Empire!

Moreover, the Ming Empire is a greater threat than the Napoleonic Empire. It has a larger population, more advanced technology, and greater industrial strength. After all, Napoleon only had breech-loading rifles and breech-loading artillery, while the Ming Dynasty now has the Hongwu Emperor-class

Ironclad ship!"

George Canning took over the topic with great energy at this time, "But in the end, the one who wins this struggle must be our British Empire! Because compared to Emperor Napoleon's empire, the Ming Empire has an insurmountable weakness. The Ming Dynasty does not belong to the West.

civilization, so we will be able to lead the entire Western civilization to fight against the Eastern civilization of the Ming Dynasty. This is not a struggle between more than 20 million people versus 360 million people, but a struggle that includes Americans, Indians, Turks, Arabs and

All Spanish-speaking people, including the Rakshasa people, a total population of 500 million and 360 million people are fighting against the Ming Dynasty's 360 million people. Even in terms of industrial strength, our side is on par with the Ming Dynasty!

Although the Ming Dynasty is powerful, it has no powerful allies that it can really rely on. Dai Jin may be used by the Ming Dynasty, but this country has a feud with the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a buffer between the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa. If she really

If they completely turn to the Ming Dynasty, then the Rakshasa may attack Dai Jin, and then the Ming Dynasty will still have to protect Dai Jin, which is not harmful to us."

Jenkinson couldn't help but frown when he heard George Canning mention Rakshasa. Although Nicholas I of Rakshasa was falling into a trap carefully laid by the British Empire, this country was after all too big and had too many people. It was difficult to

Take control!

George Canning was still analyzing excitedly at this time: "In addition, there is a very powerful time bomb around Ming Dynasty, which is Japan, which has a population of nearly 30 million and some heavy industries! Anyone who has been to Japan

Everyone knows that it is a very miserable country, and Japan's misfortune all originated from the Ming Dynasty!

Although Ming Dynasty did not annex Japan or even split Japan, it still caused great harm to Japan. Because Ming Dynasty's various industries and financial industry were too powerful and controlled the entire East Asia except Japan, completely strangling it.

In order to prevent the normal development of Japan, although the whole country of Japan tried its best to develop industry, it was still overwhelmed by the Ming Dynasty.

In order to obtain huge profits, those Japanese chaebols who were greedy for money even treated their own girls as commodities and sold them continuously to the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang. At the same time, they put the Ming Dynasty products in Japanese-made packaging and shipped them back to the country for sale. This made Japan

The middle and lower-level samurai felt huge humiliation. Therefore, the Japanese samurai class generally hated the Ming Dynasty and the profiteers who colluded with the Ming Dynasty. As long as we can provide the necessary support, they will definitely set off a riot, overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, which is very weak to the Ming Dynasty, and confiscate

All the property of profiteers who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty will turn the entire country into a barracks against the Ming Empire!"

George Canning is right, Japan is really a country that can explode at any time.

The competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing has always been extremely strong! Historically, gold, silver, and copper have been flowing out of Japan all year round. Since the beginning of Sino-Japanese trade, there has been a deficit until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

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And the Ming Dynasty in this timeline was the first to industrialize! And it also took over more than 10 million square kilometers of the mainland, and also occupied Siam, Burma, Annam, Chenla, and Nanzhang. The capital of the Ming Dynasty also controlled

The industries in Malacca and the Dutch East Indies - where the white people are actually responsible for suppressing the natives, and Ming Capital is responsible for exploiting the natives, and then the white people and Ming Capital happily share the money. In short, Ming's industries have scale advantages, technological advantages, and cheap

With the advantages of raw materials and a huge domestic and export market, Japanese products simply cannot compete with it. Even if the Tokugawa shogunate instituted tariff protection, it could not stop the continuous flow of smuggled goods.

The only "commodity" produced in Japan that was extremely competitive in the Ming Dynasty was a bit sinful, so it is not surprising that Japan was turned into a powder keg.

Since it was a powder keg ready to explode at any moment, how could the British Empire not light the fire?

Jenkinson already had an idea. He said to Finance Minister Robinson, who was also the chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee: "Frederick, I think the East India Company must give the heaviest blow to Emperor Daoguang. If he really dares to invade India!"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

"George," Jenkinson told the Foreign Secretary again, "I need a plan to support the patriotic Japanese warriors!"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"
Chapter completed!