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[1240 Hua Huang saw through the United Kingdom]

At any time, the rise of emerging powers, especially pioneering countries that have created a new international era, cannot be separated from the support of moral power, and the support of this moral power is ahead of time.

During the Monroe period, the mainstream international political system was the monarchy system, and the international relations norms were based on balance of power, and the colonial system was prevalent.

A great power that is rising in such an era must follow the existing international civilization norms and advance existing international civilizations.

The democratic republic system of the United States injected new choices into the international community in this era and represented the direction of development of that era. This is a major advantage of American diplomacy.

The United States has never participated in the balance of power system in history. The Monroe Declaration includes a rejection of the balance of power system. When the great powers were busy with power struggles, the United States was temporarily out of it, which was a transcendence to the universal norms of international relations at that time.

These are the biggest reasons why Emperor Hua finally chose to follow the example of US foreign policy.

Because Emperor Hua did not understand history, he also knew how Americans got rich. He had escaped the war. Others were busy fighting, and he had been developing later and sold a large amount of war materials. As long as there was a place on the earth fighting, Americans would develop violently. This virtuous cycle is terrible, and they seized the best opportunities of the times.

Internal affairs are studied in Germany and diplomacy are studied in the United States. This is the main idea of ​​Emperor Hua in governing the country during this period. Emperor Hua is not a genius, especially in politics, he is even a novice.

But the general direction must be decided by Emperor Hua himself. Princess Katrina Kaifu can only help Emperor Hua implement it in details, so Emperor Hua adopted such a simple and crude way of imitating it.

The Monroeism proposed the "non-colonial principle", adapted to the trend of Latin American countries seeking independence, played a role in preventing colonialism from restoring Latin America to a certain extent, won the recognition of independent Latin American countries, and was widely welcomed in Latin America at that time, and was an advance in international relations in that era.

The "non-expansion principle" and the "non-interference principle" also had a great impact on other powers who were accustomed to expansion and interference at that time, so the conservative Metternich cursed Monroe's Manifesto as "an evil doctrine and dangerous example."

In the Monroe era, the Monroe Declaration represented the direction of progress of international relations civilization to a certain extent, and the invisible power of morality played a role in making up for the lack of American strength.

It is undeniable that Monroeism itself contains the United States' ambition to control Latin America. In later history, Monroeism was continuously expanded by American expansionists and developed into the guise of American expansionism.

It is desirable and necessary to condemn the norms of international relations it represents by today's international civilization standards. This is why Monroeism cannot be affirmed.

The Monroeanism states three key points, plus one of President Roosevelt.

First, European countries can no longer colonize any American countries.

Secondly, in foreign policy, the principle of Washington is implemented, that is, the United States only intervenes in European affairs on the premise that its own interests are damaged.

Third, the United States regards any attempt to colonize America as a threat to national security.

Roosevelt summarized the above three points and added a statement: ‘Have you been kind, but with a big stick.’

The Americans created a Monroeism, which Emperor Hua admired very much, and also introduced Asianism based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

It should have been called Huahuangism, but Huahuang believes that no matter how big the Huahuang is, it is just a person. Asia is a place name, so it should not allow Huahuang to surpass Asia, so it is called Asianism.

Americans have always worked hard for the United States. China's goal can also be positioned as Asia is China, which also provides a very gorgeous theoretical support for the Emperor of China to intervene in the Central Asia issue, the Middle East issue, and even the Indian issue.

Don’t be afraid of having a big appetite, just be afraid that the other party doesn’t know what your appetite is and whether it can be accepted. Emperor Hua believes that this is very consistent with the British appeasement habits.

Later, due to the booming European revolution and the intensification of conflicts between the great powers, Greece's independence movement broke out in 1822.

Under the impact of the July Revolution in France in 1830 and the 1848 European Revolution, the alliance collapsed. Russia played a decisive role in the sacred alliance.

The Holy Alliance claimed to uphold Jesus' justice, mercy and peace, oppose revolutions everywhere, and has always played the role of strangling the executioners of the European revolution.

One conspiracy of all European monarchs against the people of the country under the leadership of the Russian Tsar was to maintain the Vienna system and maintain the monarchy mutual aid alliance to maintain the monarchical autocratic political order.

The rebellious actions of the Holy Alliance were strongly resisted by people from all countries.

The European Revolutionary Storm in 1848 swept away a lot of political garbage from European countries. Metternich himself also fled during the Vienna Revolution. Later, even the king fled from Vienna.

The Holy Alliance has completely collapsed.

After the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in the early 19th century, victorious countries led by Britain, Russia, Austria and Putra were established on the European continent through the Vienna Conference.

But the most fundamental thing is that after the end of the Napoleonic Empire, no country had enough strength to unify the entire Europe.

Because throughout the second half of the 19th century, socialist movements and strikes began to flourish. Marked by the social movements that swept across Europe in 1848 and the publication of the Communist Manifesto, countries were unable to take care of themselves in order to suppress the socialist movements in their own country, and it was difficult for them to break the balance of power again.

How France was brought down from the largest European power in the mid-to-late 19th century? For the Emperor of China, it was the best entry point for understanding European diplomacy.

After the Napoleonic War, France had lost the opportunity to compete for world hegemony, but due to its own physical capacity and the balance of power in European powers, France still developed in the political changes back and forth.

When Napoleon III came to power, France learned from Napoleon's lessons and actively moved closer to Britain. On the other hand, it finally ushered in a stable political situation and had great development in industry and economy.

France even defeated Russia in Crimea and jointly oppressed Pu'Ao and betrayed the Russian alliance with Russia. Although France was not as good as Britain at this time, it was already the strongest power on the European continent.

However, France had several major problems at this time. One was political instability. Although Napoleon III was the heir to the Napoleon family, it was because of this that it was resisted by the orthodox royal family. Therefore, if he wanted to become an emperor, he had to rely on the support of the people. However, as time passed, the people's requirements became higher and higher, and all their dissatisfaction would be pointed at the emperor and the government, and the emperor lacked the orthodox nature of the old royal family.

Therefore, III could only rely on the support of secret police and the army, and the military's power was thus expanded. The French military continued to long for new wars to gain honors, money and promotions. III finally dragged itself into the French-Prussian War in order to satisfy them.

The second is Britain's vigilance. Britain does not want to see a new continental power to challenge itself. France has no rivals in Europe after defeating Russia and Austria. Although France has been cautious in pleasing Britain, the British government is unwilling to believe that they need a new opponent to confront France, and then they have a fancy to Prussia.

At the same time, out of revenge on Crimea, Russia is also willing to support Prussia in challenging France and combat Austria that betrayed them.

The third problem is the rise of German nationalism. The Germans increasingly demanded to become a large political entity. Both North and South Germany basically agreed with this idea, and France, the strongest protector of the existing order in Europe, naturally became the target.

Due to war, culture, economic characteristics and other issues, France has a large disadvantage in population compared with Germany in the entire German region. When Prussia unified North Germany, its population size was not much different from France.

Finally, there is a gap between the French military and the Prussian military. Compared with Prussia, the arrogant and outdated French Army is lagging behind in all aspects such as mobilization system, the use of staff, and the utilization of railway transportation.

After Germany was reunited, Germany's economy and population were overwhelmingly stronger than France in all aspects. Although France was still stronger than Spain, Italy, Austria, and even Russia at this time, it would no longer have the status of mainland power because it could no longer beat Germany.

In the late 19th century, France, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Türkiye, and Russian Empire were not slow to move forward?

Are there more or less social conflicts, government crises, economic problems, etc.?

In the view of Emperor Hua, Europe was already the English and Germany that began to build confrontation with themselves as their core.

Many reasons can be found from the influence of the Franco-Prussian War: For the economic development process: During the Franco-Prussian War, France signed a humiliating peace treaty against Prussia, and France paid 5 billion francs of compensation. In addition, the total capital loss of the war was 20 billion francs, resulting in insufficient capital investment in economic development; it also ceded the iron ore rich in Alsace and Lorraine, which seriously lacked the resources required for economic development; and before the compensation was paid, Germany occupied 6 northern provinces of France, further narrowing the domestic market.

All of these greatly delayed the development of the French economy and made the progress of the Second Industrial Revolution in France slow down. After entering the imperialist stage, the French industrial revolution and economic development process were significantly behind the United States, Germany and Britain due to the loss of iron ore and the chaos in the political situation.

Foreign policy towards France: After France's defeat in the French-Prussian War, France remained highly vigilant about Germany's dominant position and potential power, and always wanted to avenge the defeat, but relying solely on its own strength, it would absolutely not defeat Germany. In this way, France began to adjust its relations with European countries, such as Britain and Russia, in order to seek the support of allies and jointly deal with Germany. Due to the emergence of a new hegemon, the isolation policy of various countries towards France since Napoleon I was gradually adjusted.

European hegemony against France: During the French-Prussian War, the defeated France cedes land and pays compensation, which caused France to lose the hegemony status of Western and Central European continents formed since the Crimean War, thus replacing France's hegemony status in Europe by Germany.

The British Empire was so brilliant that the areas she ruled were spread all over the world, and there were few places on the earth that had not been invaded by them. It can be called the true global empire in human history.

But even such a super power that has never been better in human history, why did it suddenly fail? The Emperor Hua repeatedly thought about this issue, which is why the Emperor Hua was confident that he could still challenge the UK without his strength. The Emperor Hua really viewed the UK this way.

Not to mention that he regards Britain as a paper tiger, the Emperor of China does not believe that Britain dares to assemble heavy troops, and really goes to the mainland of China to fight with the current unified China again. The Emperor of China is not the original Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Hua also saw from the British's policy towards colonies that the British were a person who was a harsh person and was a weak person.

Britain was unwilling to invest in the Governor, defense, and military diplomacy for the colonies, which cost real money.

The value created by the United States and Canada is not as good as the output value of sugar and tobacco from the two small islands of Jamaica and Barbados.

They believe that developing these economies will drag down the British mainland.

Therefore, the idea of ​​Emperor Hua’s external colonization is the same as that of the British, both mainly economic colonization and different aspects. Emperor Hua attaches more importance to the cultivation of political power and expands the Huaci Party on a global scale!
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