Chapter 96 The Ming Dynasty has a god of calculation, and the Great Britain has a god of gambling (call for further reading)

"Raise the bet?" The Earl of Liverpool frowned slightly, "George, let's be clear, who are we betting on? What are we betting on?"

George Canning said literally: "Prime Minister, we want to bet with the Ming Dynasty! Bet on world hegemony!"

"Now?" The Earl of Liverpool looked at George Canning, "Do you really think now is a good time? Our economy is in crisis and our finances are also quite difficult!"

George Canning said: "Prime Minister, the problem now is not that we want to bet, but that Ming Dynasty has begun to test the bet. They first proposed the 'Thousand Ship Plan' to challenge our maritime hegemony, and then instigated Ming Dynasty to

Entered Afghanistan and launched a surprise attack on Peshawar! The British Empire's hegemony in the West has been challenged. Now the whole world is watching our performance. If we show even a little weakness, Ming Dynasty may win without a fight. The Ming Empire is not the Napoleonic Empire.

, the Ming Empire is more powerful than the Napoleonic Empire. Her production, technology and financial resources have always been the best in the world, and she is absolutely qualified to lead the entire world! And with the emergence of 10,000-ton giant ships, telegraphs, and telephones, the world we live in,

It is already possible to be dominated by a superpower!"

Although the British Empire regarded itself as the world hegemon after the Napoleonic Wars, in fact it only dominated about half of the world. The Ming Empire and her vassal states plus the Western Pacific and North Pacific, as well as the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Great Jin Kingdom plus

The Upper Arctic Ocean coast has never been under the hegemony of the British Empire.

And because the Ming Empire has always been ahead on the road to industrialization, its national power has always been stronger than that of Great Britain. The reason why it did not compete with the British Empire for world hegemony in the past, in the eyes of British politicians, is because the Ming Empire pursued

The centralized system cannot effectively govern the land across the ocean.

But this "inability to effectively govern" is based on the transportation and communication conditions before the advent of steamships, telephones, and telegraphs. In that era when voyages basically relied on the wind and communication basically relied on roars, the rigid centralization of power certainly could not be united on the other side of the ocean.

The competition between the feudal system and the capitalist system was dominated by chartered trading companies.

However, the advantages of chartered trading companies over centralized power have disappeared with the advent of steamships, telephones, and telegraphs. In fact, the British East India Company has now been transformed by the government and parliament of the British Empire into a company that directly takes orders.

The Government House in London. And under the command of London, the East India Company gradually strengthened its centralization of power in India!

Over the years, more and more Indian land has been directly managed by the East India Company, and the power and territory of the princes of the princely states have gradually shrunk. A large number of princes who have lost their land have become "vases of princes" receiving fixed annuities. India's own "

"Feudalization" is also transforming into "centralization".

Therefore, the British Empire actually showed the Ming Empire how to use a centralized approach to govern a colony far away from the mainland, with a vast territory and a large population.

George Canning said: “If we choose to be weak and retreat, the Ming Empire will be able to use its powerful industrial strength to trample our brave and fearless Royal Navy under its feet, and at the same time fight a proxy war in India by supporting the Jin Empire.

, completely expel the East India Company from India. When we lose our naval superiority and Indian colonies, our empire will cease to exist, and the Ming Empire will step on the corpse of the British Empire to reach the top of the world!"

The Earl of Liverpool lowered his tone: "Don't worry, George, such a situation will not happen. As long as I live, I will not allow those Easterners to climb onto the head of our British Empire!"

George Canning also gritted his teeth and said: "Me too. As long as I still have breath, I will fight to the end against the Eastern Empire of Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing the two people's statements, the ministers present frowned.

These two people are very determined!

But their health is very poor!

The Earl of Liverpool suffered from severe cardiovascular disease, and doctors had long advised him to retire and recuperate. George Canning was even more of a sick man. His long-term drug abuse had made his body very fragile, and he also suffered from severe rheumatism.

God is sick and sick.

George Canning, the Foreign Secretary and the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons, did not feel that his time was running out. He took another sip of Yipian tincture and began to talk about his "gamble plan" energetically. He said: "Jin Bing versus Bai Sha.

Wa's sneak attack and Ming's 'Thousand Ships Plan' were just tests before the Ming Empire took a big gamble. They were just trying their luck. If they felt it didn't work, they would probably retreat. Anyway, their lives were not unbearable.

You need to gamble your life.

The success of the Jin soldiers' sneak attack on Peshawar shows that Ming Dynasty is now very lucky, so it is very likely that it will increase its bets! And with the Ming Empire's usual cautious style in the past, she will increase the bets little by little. If we follow her rhythm

If she bets, then a huge bet for world domination will be broken into many small bets, and Daming has better luck and bets more. If she makes small bets one after another, she will definitely win more and lose less, and she will have the last laugh.

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Therefore, we cannot follow their lead and take a big gamble. It is also not in our interests. Because the chance of winning is not very great, the real best option now is to make a big gamble and make Ming timidly retreat!"

This George Canning is obviously a master of gambling!

He analyzed the situation of this "world's gamble" very thoroughly.

Ming was lucky and had a lot of bets, so there was no need for a stud game, just small bets one by one. In the end, it was certain that he would win more and lose less.

However, Daying is lucky and has less bets. If he follows the rhythm of Ming and makes small bets, he will lose everything in the end! But you may not win in stud. Daming is obviously luckier than Daying!

Therefore, Great Britain's worst strategy is to "gamble a little", and the middle strategy is to "gamble big" - a decision that determines life or death! But the real best strategy is to "pretend to bet big" to scare Ming away, that is, "not to gamble."

After listening to George Canning's analysis, the ministers present felt their eyes brighten.

"George," asked Chancellor Robinson, who expected to spend every last penny in his pocket, "how are we going to scare Ming away?"

George Canning said with a smile: "If we want to scare away someone, then we should use the battlefield as the main stage and the negotiation table as the secondary stage. And whoever we want to scare away, of course we should use negotiation as the main means and military force as the main means.

Action becomes a secondary means.

Therefore, we will proceed from two aspects. First, we will adopt tough measures on the battlefields of Peshawar and Afghanistan and assume a posture of fighting to the death."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Duke of Wellington, who had accepted the post of Governor-General of India but had not yet taken office.

The Duke of Wellington said: "Major General Hugh Gough has personally gone to Mardan, where he is commanding the troops to counterattack Peshawar. Currently, Sir Amherst has mobilized thousands of people for the counterattack, and thousands of Sikh troops will soon follow.

Arriving at Mardan.”

George Canning turned his attention to Robert Peel, Lord of the Admiralty.

Robert Peel said: "Earl Nelson has mobilized a fleet including a Sovereign-class vessel and will set off for a visit to Japan within a week."

George Canning nodded and said to Prime Minister Jenkinson: "Prime Minister, I suggest that King Louis XVII of France should come forward to convene a Versailles naval peace conference to invite the Ming Dynasty, Rakshasa, Daikin, Austria, Prussia, Spain, the United States, Mexico,

Portugal, Brazil, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and of course us are here to discuss the naval arms race!"

"Are so many countries invited?" the Prime Minister asked.

"Yes," George Canning said with a smile, "except for Dajin who may support Ming Dynasty, all other countries, including the Rakshasa Kingdom, will stand with us on the issue of naval arms control. Because no one wants Ming Dynasty to dominate

The world, this will not only destroy the existing world structure, but also harm the interests of all great powers. If Ming dares to provoke a naval arms race regardless of the opposition of most countries, then the whole world will be standing opposite her!"

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