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"Your Majesty, this is just a small matter, why not agree to the British? Now, our Qing Dynasty has finally achieved this peace. It is the time to sleep on firewood and taste gall to strengthen the national strength. If you can use this matter to exchange for the help of the British, it will be a hundred times better than the barren land of Myanmar." Li Hongzhang said sincerely.

It cannot be said that Li Hongzhang's words are unreasonable. Many people in later generations believed that this is the development path that China should take, which is in line with the Chinese philosophy of "will help the world if it is prosperous, and if it is poor, it is safe for itself." Now China is undoubtedly in poverty. In ancient feudal society, when countries were almost semi-closed, such foreign policy might be correct. But with the world moving towards integration and countries' exchanges are becoming increasingly close, such a development path is not feasible. When others take the best raw materials, energy sources, and vast markets in the world for themselves, can the closed-door development catch up with others?

The history of every powerful country's growth has been expanded from abroad. Japan is a typical example. Japan dared to send troops to Taiwan and annex Ryukyu shortly after the Meiji Restoration. At that time, the gap between Japan and China was not necessarily smaller than that between China and Britain today. Foreign expansion was the best way to accumulate primitive capital, otherwise it would be possible to exploit the farmers in its own country and use the price difference between raw materials and products to accumulate primitive capital. Guan Xuqing wanted to change China's idea of ​​sitting behind closed doors and worry-free in the world, which might lead China into the abyss of militarism, but in Guan Xuqing's view, this is also stronger than the current idea of ​​"tolerance" and "forgiveness".

"Those are all lands passed down by ancestors, can you just want them?" Guan Xuqing glanced around and stood in the Golden Palace.

Li Hongzhang heard this and said, "Your Majesty, the British have always been rich and have little land. This time, they are just a matter of using British merchant ships to provoke and cause trouble. As long as we agree to the British's request as soon as possible, we will eliminate the British's excuses, and the British will have no reason to send troops."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Let the Burmese King agree to the British's request as soon as possible, but at this point. If the British are more aggressive and want to send troops to Myanmar, I will vow to deal with it to the end." Guan Xuqing said, and walked out with a swing of his sleeve.

"The emperor was wise." Seeing that the emperor finally let go, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but show his joy and knelt on the ground with his ministers.

After Guan Xuqing retired from the court, he returned to the Yangxin Palace. Wang Shang hurriedly followed in and whispered: "Master, the servant you are looking for has brought you."

"Oh? Bring it in." Guan Xuqing's expression was filled with surprise.

Wang Shang brought into the Palace of Yangxin was a foreigner in his fifties. The foreigner was wearing a simple tuxedo, with his chest tie neatly buckled, and his hair was obviously carefully combed, reflecting his master's identity.

"Dear Emperor Qing, I am very happy to see you."

"Haha, Mr. Jones. Welcome to the Qing Dynasty. I hope my ministers will not neglect you."

Jones bowed to Guan Xuqing gracefully and said, "The beauty of China has opened my eyes. If I have time, I really have to visit it."

"There will be a meeting. The Qing Dynasty and the United States have many similarities, such as the same vast territory and rich resources, but there are also many complementary places.

The Zero-level master http://www.77nt/19181/The country is prosperous in science, but the Qing Dynasty has the richest human resources in the world. The two countries are across the ocean, so it is actually very necessary to establish a good relationship between the two countries."

"This is also one of the reasons why our President sent me here."

Guan Xuqing continued: "The current world situation, I believe President Cleveland also has a clear understanding of the current situation. Britain's strength is now at its weakest time. Domestic industrial and agricultural reforms are slow, serious, and there is no trace of military reform. Its navy has just experienced a dark period, and most warships have aging without replacement. Even in tonnage, if China had not defeated France's Far East Fleet, the proud Royal Navy would have been surpassed by the French. And the British's stubborn and arrogant isolation policy has left them without a friend in the world."

Jones did not answer, and continued to listen carefully, with a deep affection on his face.

"But the British occupy the richest land in the world after all, and they have gold coins they have been plundered for hundreds of years. Once they can relieve themselves, their strength will grow at a terrifying speed, and no country can defeat Britain in such competition. What I am worried about is that once Britain becomes stronger again, it will inevitably start a new round of expansion... Don't say that your country has no worries about this. In Central America, in Venezuela, in Oregon, once the British are determined to get these benefits. Can your country tolerate it?"

As he spoke, Guan Xuqing was already a little excited: "So instead of trying every means to curb the ambitions of the British in the future, it is better to take advantage of their weakest time. We unite to defeat the British. Or your country helps me defeat the British. Calculate the benefits this can bring? Your country will gain benefits from Central America and South America. The Pacific Ocean will become the pond for both of us."

After rigorous training in his later generations, Guan Xuqing was engaged in the financial industry and was able to easily deceive customers who were more skilled than monkeys. Moreover, he drew a blueprint in front of the existing factual basis that the other party could not refuse. As for what he would do in the future, he could not guarantee it.

Jones nodded unconsciously, and Guan Xuqing described a very wonderful vision in his words. The old world overlord would be dragged down by China's war, and the United States would truly take America into its own control and rely on him to develop and grow, until it finally came from Britain to lead the world's flag. At this time, the isolationist forces in the United States were far less serious than they did later, and many American elites were indeed considering such issues.

"Your Majesty, your proposal is really very pleasant. Some of the views President Cleveland has also mentioned, which makes me doubt whether you have had a conversation before. But you also know that the United States is a democratic country, and the government actually implements the demands of the people. Our people hate war, especially wars with a powerful country like Britain. Even for the sake of justice, I think it is difficult for the government to convince the people to agree to send troops... But we may be able to give your country some financial and technical support and mediate from it when necessary." Dulles said carefully. In fact, in his heart, he very much agrees with the alliance with China. With the current strength of the United States, the United States is not enough to affect the Far East, so the United States is at an absolute disadvantage in dividing China's interests. After signing this alliance, the United States will have China's huge market and establish its own power in the west coast of the Pacific.

If the alliance with Russia is to seek a sting with a tiger to limit Britain's military power in the short term, then the alliance with the United States is to provide a long-term support for strengthening China's strength. The United States can not only provide the funds and technology China needs, but also deal with Britain now and Russia and Japan in the future.

After a secret week of negotiations, Jones finally took a ship from Tianjin to San Francisco with his satisfactory treaty. The treaty included the United States providing a loan of 20 million US dollars to help China carry out currency reforms and opening up the export of important industrial equipment such as steel, metallurgy, shipbuilding, precision machinery to China. If the Sino-British war broke out, the United States will also subscribe to a war bond worth 10 million US dollars and provide a low-interest loan of 100 million US dollars in the short term. However, in order to maintain a neutral image, the United States will not export strategic materials such as arms and steel to China during the war.

At that time, one tael of silver was equivalent to two dollars.

At the cost, American goods will enter China with tariffs of less than 2.5%. For example, China suffered a great loss. With the US's industrial strength, their products entering the Chinese market under low tariffs will definitely have a great impact on China's new industry. Looking at the treaty, the United States does not actually need to pay anything. Loans and war bonds must be paid, and those industrial equipment will also be bought with real money. It is a great benefit to the United States to provide a standard fund for China's currency reform.

In the treaty, the United States did not assume any obligation, and even had to destroy its neutral image. However, Guan Xuqing had already obtained what he wanted. With the level of education in China, if he wanted to cultivate his own skilled technicians and invent good bed equipment, and then build heavy industry step by step. I don’t know how much time it takes to be enough. And the great powers would not give China such time and environment. Only by implementing the use of the ideology can the Chinese national heavy industry be developed in the shortest time.
Chapter completed!