Before the Emperor of China went to the Kingdom of Spain, Hirofumi Ito was having a meeting with his entourage.

"In the past period of time, we have made great progress in European diplomacy, but China is still stronger than ours, Japan, so we must not relax." Hirobuki Ito pressed his hands on his thighs and said with a serious face.

"Yes, sir." The followers bowed their heads together.

Hirobu Ito continued: "The purpose of the Emperor of China is very clear. He wants to win over a country with the greatest strength in Europe as its backer to resist the British restriction issued by the United Kingdom to withdraw from Kyushu Island in Japan within a time limit. This is one of them. In addition, they also want to find a country to buy warships and develop naval and maritime power is crucial for every country. The direction of China's efforts now is also the direction that we Japan should strive for. After communicating with His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to buy warships from Britain and France. Our funds are limited, so while purchasing warships, we must also try to prevent China's plans to purchase warships. Otherwise, if they have sufficient funds, we will lag behind China's navy from the beginning."

"Yes, sir." The expressions of the followers also became solemn. Hirobuki Ito said it well. Although the diplomatic situation for Japan is very good now, with the support of Britain and French behind the scenes, no one dared to relax without waiting for China to truly withdraw from Japan.

"The competition with China, including diplomatic and military purchase plans, is related to the fate of our Japanese Empire and even its survival, so we will get rid of you." Hirobu Ito bowed deeply, "We must not lose to China."

Everyone returned the gift together, "I will never lose to China."

"Moriyama Shigeru, what impact will this competition with China have on our Japan?" Hirofumi Ito left Moriyama Shigeru after the breakup.

"The forces in Asia were originally led by China, and China is now rising rapidly under the leadership of the Emperor of China. China now has a bad relationship with Britain and France. Their only choice is the German-Australian country. Therefore, when we came to Berlin, whether we can get the support of the Germans, or not allow China to get the support of the German-Australian country, will play a crucial role in our Japanese diplomacy this time." Moriyama Shigeru replied.

"It's very good to say that the current European forces are indeed divided into two parts. We have obtained support from Britain and France. Now it depends on whether we can win China on the German issue! Germany's power is mainly in the hands of German Emperor William I and Prime Minister Mr. Bismarck. Bismarck is a very difficult person to convince. I have dealt with him. Now it can only see whether he can convince German Emperor William I. The idea of ​​this old emperor in his 80s is crucial to us and China." Hiromoto Ito said with gritting his teeth.

Shigeru Moriyama was familiar with Hiromori Ito. Seeing his appearance, he knew Hiromori Ito had to use means. He asked worriedly: "I am afraid that it will not be convenient for us to make friends with ministers and nobles of the great powers, right? The Hormori was in his eighties and would not value money or women."

Hirobu Ito snorted coldly, "Remember, there are no people in this world who don't value money. Small people value small money, while big people value big money!"

"Yes." Shigeru Moriyama lowered his head and echoed, but he still didn't agree with Hirobuki Ito in his heart. How much does it cost to bribe as the German emperor? The king of a country must be the interests of his own country first, right?

In the case where Britain and France already have bad relations with China, it is actually beneficial for the German and Austrian powers to establish a good relationship with China. This is also the reason why Shigeru Moriyama is confused about Hirofumi Ito's approach to stopping Chinese diplomacy by meeting with the German upper class.

"Prepare, we'll set off right away. I'm going to ask for the Emperor German in person." Hirofumi Ito stood up, "Prepare a million marks for me."

Shigeru Moriyama was so scared that he leaned back: "What? Sir, one million marks?"

The Japanese diplomatic group's attack on the gold and dollar diplomacy in Europe this time is actually beyond the budget. How courage does it take to put out another million marks? Moreover, will the country support Hirofumi Ito's approach?

Hirobu Ito nodded coldly, "I know what you want to ask, you don't have to worry about domestic affairs. We can borrow money from European banks in the name of the Japanese Empire. Remember, only by winning China can we have a way out. No matter how much the price is, it is worth it."

"Yes, sir." Moriyama Shigeru bowed deeply and stood up.

Why did Britain and France suddenly improve since the 19th century?

Frances, Louis XIV, Napoleon and Britain have fought many times, not to mention the deep hatred of the Hundred Years' War, and Britain also set up several anti-French alliances.

But after Napoleon was defeated, why did France never fight with Britain again and join the Holy Alliance. After that, they fought with Britain in the Qing Dynasty, Lucia, Germany, and became good friends.

Two adjacent world superpowers, that's fine.

Whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the colonization of other places, they are just small-scale fights.

The Crimean War is just a manifestation of the mainland's balance of power policy.

What really changes Britain's national policy is a sincere agreement.

From a later life perspective, this is a compromise move for British diplomacy, a victory for French diplomacy, and a failure for German diplomacy.

It led the entire Europe to war and destruction.

The UK pursues the policy of "balance of power in the mainland and glorious isolation".

On the European continent, no one can compare to anyone. He always opposes the boss of the European continent and unites two, three, four, five and six to oppose the boss. This is the national policy of the British. Looking at it worldwide, the British also have the same policy.

Therefore, Emperor Hua often believes that the British do not have the temperament of being a big brother.

Before the rise of the British, the most powerful country on the European continent was France, so it formed an anti-French alliance seven times to defeat Napoleon.

After Napoleon's failure, the Russian Cossack cavalry was the first to invade Paris, so Russia called itself the "European military police" and did whatever it wanted.

Britain was very worried, so it had to unite its former enemy France to fight against its former ally Tsarist Russia.

Britain's national policy started with Elizabeth I. As a maritime country, the highest pursuit of international politics is "glorious independence". Independence outside Europe, whoever dominates Europe is like a gopher, making an offshore balancer.

After defeating Napoleon, Tsarist Russia became the European military police at that time, so of course Britain had to turn the finger on and make good friends with France.

The same history can also be compared to Britain's appeasement policy towards Germany after World War I, and it is also based on an offshore balance consideration.

In the words of the Germans, no one can be separated from the fact that Britain will not be sincere. It is just looking for someone to block bullets in Europe.

Britain wants to maintain the balance of power in the mainland. As the saying goes, there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Before the 19th century, both the Sun King and Napoleon were the European overlords. It was so awesome that Opus and Russia might not have been able to survive.

Napoleon had played the mainland blockade policy against Britain!

In the mid-to-late 19th century, France became cowardly and Prussia began to be awesome. It was no longer called Prussia, but Germany.

So the British think it's time to change their ally.

To put it bluntly, the peace under Britain's rule was truly established during this period of time.

So much so that no country hopes to go to war with such a powerful Britain, including France.

The glorious isolation of Britain did not directly use its own strength, but instead used it as a bargaining weight to press on the balance of diplomacy on the European continent, allowing other countries to contribute their efforts and to support the formation behind it, trying to ensure a balance of power.

To deal with this approach in the UK, it is wise to welcome the support of the UK and strive to bring closer relations with the UK rather than confrontation, which of course also includes France.

The Emperor Hua kept thinking about this question on his way to Spain, but when the Emperor Hua discovered that the British had regarded China as their biggest threat in the Pacific, the Emperor Hua no longer had any fantasies about getting closer to the British.

Otherwise, Emperor Hua would not want to get to this point.

It is also difficult for the Emperor of China to understand that the British have repeatedly indulged Germany in becoming stronger and stronger. They are also thinking that Germany will eventually support China's competition with British and French forces in Asia?

What was Britain doing in those years when Germany rose in the 19th century?

What was Britain doing at its peak in the second half of the 19th century?

Since the Crimean War in the 1850s, Britain has not intervened in the European War.

Since the Prussia War, Prussia, which may still be ranked fourth at the time, defeated the third (Austria) and the second (France) in just 7 years.

Why did the UK not intervene or sanction Germany in the era when Germany was just formed?

The fact that Germany was so popular that it indirectly led to huge losses in World War I and the decline of the British Empire.

Emperor Hua thought the British were funny and ridiculous.

On the military level, Navy Britain is certainly invincible.

As the boss of the Army, Britain, from the breech gun showing its power in 1866 to the establishment of Germany in 1871, these five years should be enough to catch up with military inventions.

On the legal level, it should not be difficult to make excuses with disputed territory like Helgolan.

Moreover, the UK failed to mediate in the dispute between Prussia and Denmark. So this is also a reason to support Denmark in the future to recover lost territory?

On the prestige level, Britain, as the boss, allowed the Balkans meeting in Berlin in 1878. Didn’t this actually encourage the prestige of the new German?

After the establishment of the Vienna system in the 18th century, Britain, which fought only one Crimean War in Europe.

The sacred alliance led by Metternich was very capable of maintaining stability, and Britain gradually believed that it was unnecessary to interfere in the internal affairs of the continent.

Moreover, the knowledgeable people at that time had foreseen that the truly important continental power in the future would be Russia. If there is any country in the world that can compete with it, it might be the United States on the other side of the ocean.

Therefore, the most important goal of Britain in Europe is actually to prevent Russia from expanding to a point where it breaks the balance of power in Europe.

The world political pattern throughout the 19th century was basically a great game between Britain and Russia.

Britain believed in the early 19th century that Russia would threaten its colonial rule in India.

But at that time, Britain and Russia had to work together to deal with Napoleon, so the game during this period was mainly spies and merchants, and it did not develop into actual wars.

Starting from 1838, the two countries launched a series of wars on a long line between Central Asia, West Asia and Eastern Europe. Although these wars are not necessarily directed by Britain and Russia, their main purpose is to control countries in the local buffer zone.

These wars include: in 1838, Russia-Persia vs. Afghanistan, Britain vs. Afghanistan (the first British-Arab War), and by 1842, Britain withdrew from Kabul, neither side achieved strategic goals.

In 1853, in order to prevent Russia from controlling the Turkish Strait, Britain and France launched the Crimean War.

In 1856, Russia incited Persia to attack Afghanistan and threatened India.

Britain immediately declared war on Persia and forced it to cease to fight.

In 1857, a major uprising occurred in India, and Britain's expansion in Central Asia shrank.

In 1865, Russia controlled Tashkent.

In the same year, Russia supported Aguber's independence in Xinjiang, and Britain immediately tried to control Aguber's regime through the Ottoman Empire.

Both Britain and Russia obtained a large amount of rights in the country until Zuo Zongtang wiped it out.

In 1868, Russia controlled Samarkand.

In 1878, Russia sent another envoy to Afghanistan, and Britain also asked Afghanistan to accept British envoys.

After being rejected, Britain launched the Second British-Arab War.

After two industrial revolutions and constitutional monarchy, Britain became the world no.1, with the largest number of colonies and 400 million subjects among the great powers, dominating the world.

At this time, one family dominated the world, and the themes of the world were peace (big powers) and slavery (small powers).

However, after the French-Prussian War, Germany, composed of several German federations, suddenly became awesome and broke the balance of Europe. In addition, it had not been able to grab many colonies in the past, so it was not convinced by Britain and wanted to break the current balance and form an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, and Turkey. In order to maintain its position as the world leader, Britain won over France, Russia and other countries to form an alliance to check and balance the German alliance.

Both sides had a crazy arms race.

The hostility caused by uneven sharing of interests leads to a crazy arms race, which makes both sides nervous and tense. Whenever there is any movement, they will choose to start first and draw their swords to face each other. This is the fundamental reason for the outbreak of World War I.

Emperor Hua felt that his mind was hurting a little. There was only one purpose of repeatedly calculating. Will the British directly attack China through military force?

I stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and sighed a long time.

Another question that Emperor Hua thought was, will Germany ignore the pressure from Britain and be friendly with China?
Chapter completed!