"When you come back from Europe this time, I think you should stay with me.Do you have any plans for yourself?"
asked Timothy Lee.Timothy Lee looked at his wife, Catherine, and didn't know what to say.Hua Huang smiled: "Timothy Lee, I didn't find out before, why are you so afraid of your wife looking at Catherine, I'm asking you." ”"Back to Your Majesty, I don't want to be an official, or rather, I don't want to be a formal official, I'm doing well in Tianjin, I've adapted to life in Tianjin, I don't want to go anywhere, Catherine also has a stable job in the Huaguo Architectural Institute, and it's really good now.I do some business, and help Huaguo deal with a little bit of education, I can make a little contribution to Huaguo, and use the little contacts I have built up in the past few years to actively help Huaguo recruit technical talents from Europe and the Americas. ”Timothy Lee spoke his mind.Timothy Lee actually didn't like to be an official, and after being an official for a while, he also found that he was really not suitable to be an official.The officials of Huaguo have a relatively high social status, but they do not have much oil and water, especially Huaguo has a strong grasp of clean government, and basically has to carry out a small campaign every two or three months, for people in this era, they do not have a strong sense of political honor, and they will not want to be officials too much.Hua Huang smiled slightly, "Everyone has their own ambitions, whatever you want, eat more."
This time I went to Europe, if you do well, I think, you can set up your company's headquarters in Europe, and you can be regarded as a supernumerary senior staff of the Bureau of Statistics, how about "Huahuang rarely persuades people to eat, this is a very high salary.Emperor Hua also knew that Timothy Lee liked a luxurious life, which was rooted in China, and it was nothing to run back to Europe, so he was reluctant to leave, otherwise he would have gone back early.Timothy Lee was overjoyed when he heard this, this is a very good errand, it is not counted in the establishment of the Chinese country, and with his relationship with His Majesty, the monthly allowance must be indispensable, "Okay, I have long wanted to go back to Europe." ”After Timothy Lee finished speaking, he looked at Catherine again, and Catherine looked calm.President Meng smiled: "Why do you always look at Catherine, Catherine, do you like to be in China, or do you like to be in Europe" "I like to work next to Your Majesty." ”Catherine cut the railroad.Timothy Lee was stunned, his face was embarrassed, he was not an assertive person, and when he heard his wife say this, he dispelled the idea of returning to Europe.President Meng smiled: "As long as you have money, it's the same everywhere, these are all trivial things, and I'll talk about it later." ”Sophia suddenly said: "I also want to be by His Majesty's side, okay" President Meng rarely blushed, although Sophia and him haven't seen each other for a few years, but they are not strangers, President Meng really likes Sophia, both the face and figure of a Western girl, and the personality of an Eastern girl, "What's wrong with this, I agree." ”Sophia smiled sweetly, and Catherine suddenly became happy, Hua Huang's agreement may determine the fate of her daughter's life.Catherine is a man's general personality, in the seven or eight years she has come to China, she has accumulated a wide range of knowledge, Catherine recognizes that as long as she follows the emperor, it is the most promising road in the world.After everyone had eaten, Princess Katrina Kaf came.Princess Catherine Cafe smiled at Catherine and said, "Mr.
Timothy Lee, Madam., long time no see, I was in a bit of a hurry just now, and I came late. ”"How dare you bother the princess," Timothy Lee and Catherine hurriedly stood up.Ordinary people outside don't know much about Princess Katrina Kaf's status, but the people close to the emperor, as well as the high-level people in the system, all know that Princess Katrina Kafu is really the second-in-command of the empire, so they naturally respect her very much.Princess Katrina Caaf generously sat beside Geig.Emperor Hua took the initiative to talk about the situation in Europe, and wanted Timothy Lee and Catherine to get into the groove as soon as possible.At the same time, Hua Huang also wanted to hear Catherine's opinion.Timothy Lee didn't have any ideas, but the emperor knew that Catherine was not only very talented in architecture, but also very good in terms of political smell, especially the general trend.There are many talents who can deal with small things, but those who can see the general trend clearly are all first-class talents of the country, which is why the emperor values Li Hongzhang so much, no matter how bad the Qing court was in the original history, but as the first mate of the broken ship, Li Hongzhang really did a very good job.Princess Katrina Kafu sighed, "Without a strong navy, there are restrictions everywhere.The current situation in Japan is that it is not afraid that it will not win against the Japanese, the only thing that worries is that the fleets of the British and French will give support to the Japanese from the sea, and if the British and the French, or they help transport the Japanese troops to Sasebo and Nagasaki Castle to land, our army will be attacked from the back. ”President Meng nodded and said, "I have asked Zeng Jize to be in Europe, on the one hand, to contact the purchase of warships, and on the other hand, to find an alliance partner." ”An ironclad ship that represents the highest level of science and technology in this country now.In later generations, aerospace science and technology represent the highest level of science and technology of a country and are also a symbol of national strength."
The object of the alliance is a key point, the relationship between China and the British and the French, because of the problem of the Central Asian provinces, and the problem of the current war with the Japanese, whoever sells warships to China is tantamount to going against the British and the French, and it is also a big trouble diplomatically.China had previously signed treaties with the British, the French, the Americans, and several countries doing business in Asia, but the situation of that organization was unreliable, and it was a purely commercial treaty, and it was not the same thing as an alliance. ”Catherine said.President Meng's eyes lit up, in the end, she was not mistaken, Catherine was indeed a far-sighted woman, and Hua Huang suddenly discovered that women were indeed more powerful than men in many cases, at least he really didn't find that there were a few such powerful women around him.There are not many men in contact with Huahuang, such as Huahuang's president's chamber, which is the place where military officials come to gild, and there are particularly powerful talents, who will be given priority to promotion, as well as senior officials, President Meng will also often pay attention, and many people are incompetent.When Huaguo was just founded, a large number of military officials who were temporarily chasing ducks to the shelves had been gradually replaced by high school students and college students who had risen from the bottom of the school.President Meng said meaningfully, "Germany is our most ideal choice, but this Bismarck is very conservative."
According to Zeng Jize's report, the most ideal are Austria-Hungary and Italy, and I am more inclined to these two countries.The main thing is the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ”At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, under the influence of the law of unbalanced economic and political development of capitalism, the imperialist countries waged a fierce struggle around the struggle for world hegemony and colonies, and the contradictions between the European powers were complicated.There are three pairs of basic contradictions, namely, the Franco-German contradiction, the Russian-Austrian contradiction, and the Anglo-German contradiction.The Franco-German contradiction is very acute.France, which was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, lost its former hegemony in Western and Central Europe, and all strata of the country unanimously demanded revenge.The Russian-Austrian contradiction manifested itself in the struggle for the Balkans.For many years, under the banner of Great Slavism, Russia expanded to the areas inhabited by the southern Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a monarchy in Central Europe, was also expanding to the northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula, fearing that the southern Slavs under its rule would become independent from the rule of Austria-Hungary.Proceeding from its traditional foreign policy, Britain sought to maintain the balance of power on the European continent, and did not want Germany to be too strong, nor did it want to see Russia's power expand too much in the Balkans, and with the intensification of the conflict over the colonial issue, the Anglo-German contradiction began to intensify and gradually became the main contradiction between the imperialist countries.Although Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy have not yet formed the "Triple Alliance," judging from the information fed back by the intelligence network of the Chinese Bureau of Statistics in Europe, it is a matter of time.In the original history, in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy established the Triple Alliance against Russia and France, and in 1879, under the impetus of Bismarck, Germany and Austria signed the "Treaty of Alliance", which had a distinctly anti-Russian character.Later, due to Italy's defeat in the struggle with France for Tunisia, Bismarck took the opportunity to win over Italy and work together against France.In 1882, Germany, Austria and Italy signed the "Treaty of Alliance", and the Triple Alliance was formally established.Germany became the nucleus of the Triple Alliance.Therefore, President Moe depends on the attitude of the Germans.Moreover, because China, Britain and France have too many conflicts of interest in Asia, but there is no such conflict of interest with Germany, and only countries like Germany or Austria-Hungary can form alliances."
Your Majesty wants to find Austria-Hungary because we have a common enemy, that is, Tsarist Russia, but Your Majesty does not seem to be looking for military assistance, just looking for a country that has the right to speak, if those old powers don't look down on China, we might as well consider emerging countries, I have been paying more attention to the news of Romania recently."
Lady Catherine said softly.Hua Huang's eyes lit up, and he was particularly surprised, he suddenly felt that his thinking was still narrow, and he also knew that Catherine was reminding himself.Several European powers, Britain and France, had been excluded from the Emperor because of their conflicting interests.In the original history, in order to deal with the "Triple Alliance", in 1892, France and Russia reached a military agreement, which stipulated that in the event that France was attacked by Germany or Germany-backed Italy, Russia would attack Germany with all its military forces, and once Russia was attacked by Germany or Austria-Hungary supported by Germany, France should attack Germany with all its military forces.After the formation of the Russian-French alliance, a confrontation between the two major military blocs began to emerge in Europe.It was also the first step in the direction of the Triple Entente.As the Anglo-German contradiction developed into the main contradiction between imperialism, Britain adjusted its relations with France and Russia, and signed the Anglo-French Entente in 1904 and the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 respectively.The confrontation between these two major military blocs in Europe was also the main theme of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and even directly affected the First and Second World Wars.The emperor has considered all the countries in Europe, either the national strength is too low and there is really no right to speak, or the internal affairs are very large.Like the current Ottoman Turkish Empire, which is still very strong, it also adds a lot of variables to the situation in Central Asia.But the Chinese emperor did not think about the Ottoman Turkish Empire at the beginning.The decline of the Ottoman Empire is considered by historians to be a period of imperial modernization.The empire lost much territory on the front lines, and the weakening of the central government led to instability, and the empire attempted to reform and reorganize the empire during the Tanzimet period.During the Tanzimet period, Turkey had to deal with foreign invasions, and the empire could not stand alone, so it began to form alliances with European countries such as France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.During the Crimean War, Turkey united with Britain, France and other countries to resist Russia.A series of constitutional reforms during the Tanzimet's reign included the creation of a modern army, reform of the banking system, and the replacement of guilds with modern factories.In 1856, Hat'ayma's decree guaranteed equality to all Ottoman citizens, regardless of race or creed, extending the content of Hat's Ashharif decree of 1839.Christian Millett enjoyed privileges, such as the 1863 National Constitution of Armenia, which was approved by Devan and included 150 articles, drafted by Armenian intellectuals and the newly formed Armenian National Assembly.The reform period culminated in a constitution called Cunninger Eshasi which translates to "Basic Law" in Ottoman Turkish, written by members of the Neo-Ottomans and issued on November 23, 1876, establishing the concept of freedom and equality for the people.This was the "constitutionalization of the Ottoman Empire" at once.A constitutional period was short-lived, but its Ottomanization had an impact on the reformist Neo-Turks, who had been educated at Western universities and believed that a constitutional monarchy would solve the problems of imperial social instability.A military coup d'état in 1876 deposed the Turkish monarch Abdulaziz and was succeeded by Murad V, who was deposed within a few months of taking office due to mental problems.On December 23, 1876, as expected, Abdelhamid II proclaimed a constitutional monarchy, but the constitutional parliament was banned by the monarch after only two years of operation, but it was not abolished.In the 19th century, the rise of nationalism swept through many countries, and the Ottoman Empire was not immune.The growth of national consciousness and civic nationalism led to the introduction of Western nationalist ideas into the Ottoman Empire, which had to deal with nationalism at home and abroad.Many revolutionary parties have emerged in the country.The rise of nationalism had a profound impact on the empire of the 19th century, as well as on the national policy of the empire in the early twentieth century.Many Ottoman Turks questioned the state policy of the time, and some argued that ethnic conflicts originated externally and had nothing to do with administration.The empire did not achieve much at that time, and its ability to cope with nationalism was questioned.In 1829, with the intervention of Britain, France and Russia, Greece declared its independence after the Greek War of Independence in the thirties of the 19th century.The reforms failed to curb the rise of the Grand Duchy of the Danube and Greater Serbism, which were already semi-independent.In 1875, Serbia, Montenegro, Wallachia and Moldova declared independence from the Empire.The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 formally established the independence of Serbia, Romania, Montenegro and Bulgaria.Bosnia was occupied by Austria-Hungary, and the rest of the Balkans remained under Ottoman control.In the midst of this wave of anti-colonization, Judaalkale, a Jew of Serbian origin, advocated the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.The Turks lost the Russo-Turkish war, and the Ottomans traded Cyprus for British support at the Berlin Conference.President Meng knew that the old broken car of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was almost the same as the original Qing court, and the feudal system in his bones could not be changed.However, it was Catherine's talk about Romania that gave the emperor a new way of thinking.t1706231537: