"Your Majesty, what are you thinking" Jie Gege closed the book and looked at Emperor Hua with a smile.Hua Huang smiled slightly and patted Jie Gege's little hand, "Nothing, I'm tired of reading" "Well, I find that I don't like to read political books very much, it's better for me to read more novels." ”Gege smiled."
Do whatever you like."
The Emperor rubbed his little hands lovingly, and looked at the sea outside the cabin, about to arrive at the Kingdom of Spain, which was the last German-Austrian second-strongest country, and if there was no progress in Spain's diplomacy, the Emperor would arrive in Berlin and be in a very unfavorable diplomatic position before interacting with the Kaiser and Bismarck.The Chinese emperor still had more than 50 percent confidence in Bismarck's support for China's diplomacy.One only needs to look at the speed of Britain's territorial expansion in India after the Seven Years' War in the 18th century, and then look at Britain's losses after the independence of the United States, and we will find that the important reason why Britain rarely interfered in the political situation in Europe in the 19th century was that Britain had transformed from a European power to a world-class large colonial empire.It had an extremely rich colony in South Asia comparable to half of Europe, so its main consideration had long since shifted from Europe to a vast area along the long line from the Mediterranean to India.It is true that Britain underestimated the impact of German reunification to a certain extent, but this underestimation was not without reason, because Britain was looking at more important things at the time.Moreover, even after the reunification of Germany, Bismarck knew very well that Germany was not able to challenge the British power.So the British thought that the balance of power in Europe would be balanced.But the British underestimated the terrible effects of the democratization of foreign policy and the aspirations of the colonies around the globe for national independence.In fact, if the Emperor of China is allowed to evaluate, the collapse of the British Empire did not begin with World War I, but began with the war of the colonies.The war between the indigenous Boers of the British colonies in South Africa and the British Empire, in which the Boer War was supported by Germany, was the same as the American War of Independence was supported by France.However, Germany's support was limited at that time, unlike France, which gave money, soldiers, and commanders-in-chief.During the Boer War, the Boers invented guerrilla tactics, much like the United States did during the Vietnam War.In order to suppress the Boer War, the British implemented a strategy of clearing the wilderness in the local area, setting up concentration camps and killing a large number of Boers, similar to Japan and Germany during World War II.After learning about the existence of the concentration camps, Hobhouse, an English woman, published the truth to the domestic media, causing a great turmoil in European public opinion, and countries blamed Britain for its inhumane acts.At that time, the attitude of Europeans towards Britain was much more bloody than the attitude of Europeans towards the United States now.After the Boer War, Britain established the Federation of South Africa, the predecessor of today's South Africa.Britain was more afraid of a re-emerging France and a Russia encroaching on Europe than a rising and powerful Prussia, which was about to unify Germany.The emperor rationally analyzed the international situation at that time: after repeated reforms, Russia, as one of the major European powers, was the most feared opponent of Britain, France, Austria and other countries, and its overall strength was not inferior to Fapuo, and at this time, the problems of Tsarist Russia's own internal social structure were not so serious, and the frenzied expansion and competition for colonies in Central Asia and the Far East made it difficult for several major powers to ignore its existence.Even if only the European plots are now beaten by China, the strength of Tsarist Russia is still very strong, and once the fighting nation eases up, the ability to counterattack is very terrifying.France was devastated by the Napoleonic Wars, lagging far behind Britain in terms of economy, colonial size, and industrial output, but it was still a force to be reckoned with on the European continent.France never forgot the glory of Napoleon's empire, and always sought to recreate this universal European empire, Napoleon III became president of the Second Republic in 48 and became emperor in 52, and at the same time vigorously sought the possibility of active foreign policy and expansion in Vietnam, the Opium War, and in 53 it allied with Britain to join the Crimean War to curb Russian expansion.France may not have enough confidence, but its ambition to become a great power again is quite obvious.In fact, Britain has never relaxed its suppression of France since the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, and Britain is extremely afraid of an overly powerful force appearing on the European map, which is why Britain is trying to maintain the balance of power on the European continent.And throughout history, France has been the country most likely to become this power in every era.In the middle of the 19th century, Britain and France formed alliances many times, which did not mean that they were not wary of each other, but at this time the problem of Russia was more urgent than that of France, and Britain needed a powerful assistant while confronting Russia.Britain has never relaxed its surveillance and suppression of France, believing that France will always be his potential opponent, and it is ridiculous that no one could have imagined that Napoleon III would be spineless and surrender at Sedan with 1.5 million French troops.The Austrian Empire, the Napoleonic Wars also greatly damaged its vitality, and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire made Austria's influence in Germany much less than before, which was irreversible by Metternich and others.In essence, Austria is still a feudal country, although its own conditions are good, the army has the strength of a war, the colonial and maritime power is still too pitiful compared with other powers, this declining empire must find a way to recover the decline, and it is for this reason that Austria is still relatively active in participating in European affairs, it hopes to enhance its prestige and influence in Europe, and later established Austria-Hungary for this reason.Austria-Hungary was not so strong, but it was also a force to be reckoned with.The German Empire, the call for the unification of the German nation reached its climax in the mid-to-late 19th century, with Prussia in the north and confederations in the south.Prussia was a hard nut, and it was no good for Britain to fight.Far behind Britain in naval power and colonies, it was not a threat, and Britain needed a country that could contain France in the heart of Europe, and Prussia was an ally of Britain in the Napoleonic Wars, and Britain had almost no reason to go to war against this country, against Germany.However, Hua Huang doesn't think it's entirely because the British are stupid, because in addition to Hua Huang such a reborn giant, who knew that Germany would develop so fast but Hua Huang knew, so Hua Huang would choose to develop very quickly, and urgently needed to prove that his Germany was close.t1706231537: