Chapter 761 Look Good, Daming Only Demonstrates Once
The issue of war!
In fact, in many cases, this problem is not something that is good at or not good at, but ultimately it depends on its strength.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Ding Zezhong was able to threaten was because his "Flying Dragon" was the most powerful and even the only iron-clad ship on the entire east coast of Africa. Although it has been in service for more than ten years, it is a little old, but on the east coast of Africa, it is a well-deserved king, and this is also the reason why it was sent to East Africa - using it to protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty in East Africa.
After all, the East Africa problem has reached a time when it must be explained.
Of course, perhaps the "Flying Dragon" is very powerful, but behind Mars is the entire UK. His threat will naturally not have much significance. At most, it is to let the other party temporarily settle the reality and leave the problem to London to solve. After all, when it comes to the issue of a strong country, even if it is as arrogant as the United Kingdom, it can only wait for London's decision.
What kind of decision will London make?
Of course, London was extremely angry, otherwise British Prime Minister Benjamin would not have been so angry that he would curse him in anger when he received this news.
After all, to a certain extent, Samba Jier was within the British sphere of influence. The division of the Oman Empire was carried out under the auspices of the British and Indian authorities.
And now?
However, the Ming Empire reached out to it, not only reached it, but even captured the Sultan of Samba'er. How could he not be angry?
And while being angry, Benjamin helplessly discovered that all he could do was anger.
Unless he made up his mind to go to war with France, Austria-Hungarian Empire, and Russian Empire outside the Ming Dynasty, he had to endure it.
What does this situation mean?
It's like an invincible boxer who once fought invincible hands in the boxing ring, but now he's not facing one boxer, but four!
All he could do when facing four boxers who were just slightly worse than him was to give in!
There is no other way except to give in.
Angry, Benjamin and all the British politicians were of course angry, but they had no other way.
Because they are all very clear. Politicians can commit crimes, but they must not make mistakes. The same is true for national affairs. Once they make a wrong decision, it is very likely that Britain will be in a state of doom.
So at present, whether it is Samba or Japan, it is obviously the most irrational act to trigger a war with the four countries.
Angry, but not losing his mind.
On March 14, when the Ambassador of the Ming Empire to Britain and the British Foreign Minister signed a memorandum of understanding in London, the withdrawal of Britain from Japan in exchange for the withdrawal of the Ming army from Samba to Er declared the end of the incident, the European public opinion and diplomatic circles would discuss a topic there.
"Britain's influence in the world is fading, and the "Four-Nation Alliance" is showing its powerful deterrence."
"British has fallen."
In Paris, in Berlin, in Vienna, in Moscow, politicians and marshals were discussing the topic.
What are they seeing?
It is not a seemingly fair compromise on the surface. It is not a compromise in this competition that the Ming Dynasty is the real winner.
The Ming Dynasty not only forced Britain to withdraw its troops from Japan, but they also obtained large swaths of land in East Africa. No matter how beautiful it was in the text, it could not change a fact. The Ming Dynasty was the real beneficiary of this incident. The authority of Britain was challenged in the true sense for the first time.
Why did the UK retreat in danger?
The most fundamental reason is that they clearly know that Britain does not have the ability to challenge the four countries. So when facing the Ming Dynasty, Britain made a very rational choice.
How could the weakness and concession of the British Empire not shock the whole world?
"Haha, did you see it?"
In the Louvre, Emperor Napoleon IV said to his foreign minister, Duke Gramon.
"Now the whole world has seen the weakness of the British, just as he said when we formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty - as long as we form a close alliance, then Britain is not afraid of."
Once upon a time, many people have doubted how much deterrent the "Four-Nation Alliance" will have on Britain? After all, in their opinion, Britain has never compromised with any threat. Britain will only choose to accept the challenge.
This is also the fundamental reason why the "Four-National Alliance Treaty" has not played much role until now. Because France, Russia and Austria are very aware that it is difficult for the British to compromise.
It is precisely because of this that after discovering that Britain had suddenly compromised, they realized the powerful deterrence of the Alliance Treaty.
In fact, this time, it was a complete unexpected gain to test the bottom line of Britain in Tokyo - because in France, Russia or Austria, in the eyes of their ministers, Britain did not have a strong desire to occupy Japan, otherwise they would not allow the existence of a "safety zone".
After all, for Britain, Japan... is the periphery of the imperial interests. They did not see the reason why Britain would go to war with the Ming Dynasty for Japan. At this time, diplomats of course had to take advantage of their own verbal characteristics.
However, the British Britain has always been a bit vigilant about the "Four-Nation Alliance". What was the reaction of Britain when facing the attitude of the ministers of several countries?
Oh my mom, they really joined forces!
Britain is weak and is not their opponent!
So Britain chose to give in, not only in Japan, but also in East Africa!
Therefore, in the eyes of France, Russia, Austria and other European countries, Britain's concessions were the weakness of the empire!
Why did the British Empire, which was once invincible, give in to a rising star?
What made the British Empire give in was not the Ming Empire, but the alliance of the four empires!
It was the power of the four empires that forced the British Empire to make concessions.
This also allowed the four empires, including France, to see their own power. This is also the reason why Napoleon IV was so excited.
As the emperor, Eugen has always been eager to establish his own merits and then become a veritable emperor. Just like Emperor Napoleon I, he gained support from all aspects of France through his extremely brilliant military merits, not like his father, various political means, or even please the people to gain support from the people. Even his father's throne was very unstable.
However, he was afraid of the power of Britain, but now... the Ming Dynasty has set a demonstration for him - see, this should be done!
The Ming Dynasty not only did it once, but also twice.
"Duke Gramon, it's time for our turn to do it."
Napoleon IV said to his foreign minister with a smile.
"My father tried to expand in Libya a few years ago, but the British threats stopped my father now..."
The voice paused, and then Napoleon IV said in an extremely serious tone.
“It’s time to realize my father’s dream.”
When he said this, Napoleon IV was excited, and of course he was full of gratitude to his... cousin's husband.
In fact, he knew that he knew that the guy was his mother's lover, but he did not reject these things. After all, he loved his mother and admired him. In his opinion, it was normal for his mother to be obsessed with him.
Because heroes can easily win the hearts of women, and Emperor Zhu is a hero.
At this moment, Eugen even thought of his wife who had always been very cold to him. Perhaps, when he became an emperor as great as Napoleon, she would no longer be as cold as she is now...
"Thank you, I gave me another chance!"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!