Chapter 6 Dragon Suppression Plan (5,000-character chapter)
"Everyone has heard the Foreign Secretary's proposal. I think it is still feasible." Temple said firmly.
Several of the measures mentioned by the Foreign Secretary were very much in line with the style of the Great Ying Empire and very much to Temple's liking, but he still wanted to make some additions.
"But this is not enough. I believe that the Renaissance Army should have solutions to these problems. Because we can think of the few things the Foreign Secretary just said, and so can the Renaissance Army themselves. But we still have to do what we have to do, as long as
If we can cause trouble to the Renaissance Army, it will be valuable if we do it."
"They will definitely be wary of Tsarist Russia. As for the French, Napoleon III is an indecisive person. He will not devote all his efforts to fighting the Renaissance Army."
"We need to formulate a comprehensive containment plan. What I just talked about is the diplomatic aspect. What about the cultural aspect? Can we strengthen publicity through newspapers to let the people know the threat of the Baath Army to our white world."
"Also economically, the entire Europe imports a large amount of goods from the Renaissance Army every year. So can we produce these things ourselves? If there is no need to import, or if we can find substitutes, then the trade with the Renaissance Army
It is not that important, and we no longer need to tie our hands because of trade issues."
"We need to find ways to speed up the introduction of tea trees. Many places in Ceylon and India are very suitable for growing tea trees. The tea seedlings we have now must be cultivated quickly and the planting area will be expanded as soon as possible. Also, I heard that the French are improving
We can also strengthen research on the manufacturing process of porcelain. Can't Europe produce good porcelain?"
Europe naturally has its own porcelain industry, but there is no high-quality kaolin in Europe. Therefore, high-end porcelain can only be imported from China.
Huaxia porcelain is also a representative of high-end brands and is very popular among the upper class. In the upper class, if anyone treats guests with porcelain produced in Europe, they will definitely be laughed at by others.
Even the Great Empire could not stop those in the upper class of Europe from pursuing luxury goods shipped from China.
Only China has the best kaolin in the world. This may be God’s love for this land.
"I recently saw an article in the newspaper, and there was a word in it called "yellow peril." This author is good, and I can encourage him in private." Temple said to Coren, the press officer of the Prime Minister's Office, with a smile on his lips.
Viewed from the side, this smile, combined with his thin cheeks and curly beard, is slightly scary.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I know what to do." The young press officer Coren replied.
Although he is only equivalent to the Prime Minister's staff, Colen was able to attend such an important meeting, which shows how much Temple attaches importance to public opinion.
Colen's press officer position was also newly created after Temple came to power.
He was a very senior editor in his own right, and the two had known each other since Temple was campaigning.
Colen used his professional knowledge to help Temple build momentum in newspapers, which played a large role in Temple's final election success.
So when Temple became prime minister, he promoted Colen to his side and became a staff member.
Colen once told Temple that behind the journalism in the Great Empire were naked interests.
Many newspapers are just money-making tools for the tycoons behind newspapers and publishing houses.
If you pay enough, London newspapers can put even the most despicable lies on the front page.
What they are best at is not reporting real news, but making the reversed black and white look more real.
This is what Colen told Temple as a senior editor at the Great Empire.
This passage was very useful to Temple, as if he had discovered a new political super weapon.
"Colen, you should also be aware that the Renaissance Army also knows how to use newspapers. Their minister packages himself as a cultural scholar and often publishes articles beautifying his country in various newspapers."
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, that Mr. Wang is now said to be the deputy foreign minister of his country, but he is still leading the Baath Army's diplomatic activities in Europe. His writing style is indeed good, and he also knows how to capture readers.
His eyeballs. Especially he knows the preferences of Europeans very well."
"Recently, he has written several articles to whitewash Donghua. In them, he described the rebellion in Donghua as the Indians' struggle for freedom against the tyranny of the manor owners, and described it as a struggle of the lower class people. He was very affected by the lower class.
recognized by people.”
"A Prussian living in London praised it in the newspaper as a progressive struggle and the beginning of the Amelia national liberation movement."
"Haha, it's just some trivial tricks. Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I promise that there will be no market for their remarks very soon." Coren said with a slightly cold smile.
"Well, very good, I will pay attention to your good news in the newspaper." Temple smiled.
"The southern part of the Colonial Department must also take action. In the lands under the jurisdiction or influence of the Great Empire, the products of the Renaissance Army cannot be allowed to circulate as freely as before. However, we will not explicitly boycott them and create new products.
If such a fact comes out, as well as those businessmen of the Renaissance Army, it is best to let them retreat in the face of difficulties." Temple said to Colonial Secretary Davide.
There are many ways to prevent the Renaissance Army from doing business in the territory of the Daying Empire. For example, let the local natives loot the trading houses several times, or set more barriers for the Chinese trading houses. For example, in their
Deliberately delaying the procedures...
In short, there are many ways to make it impossible for the Chinese to do business and make money. When the time comes, these people will naturally give up.
"Yes, Prime Minister, I understand what to do." David replied confidently. This matter is not difficult to do, but the Renaissance Army can make reciprocal measures.
There are also many merchants from the Great Ying Empire in areas open to the outside world such as Shanghai, Zhenhai, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other areas where the Renaissance Army is home.
Their interests may be harmed in the same way. After all, the Renaissance Army is not a fool. After something like this happens, everyone can guess what happened.
"I know that when we boycott their products, we will also encounter counterattacks from them. After all, the total population under their jurisdiction and influence exceeds 600 million. But this is a loss that we have to bear." Temple
said.
Through this meeting, the Temple cabinet formally established a strategy to comprehensively contain the Baath Army.
They also gave this plan a name called "Suppression of the Dragon Plan". The Chinese pronunciation of this name is a bit weird.
For a long time to come, the two sides will begin a comprehensive confrontation on many fronts such as diplomacy, economy, trade, and culture.
At the embassy in Europe on the outskirts of Vienna, Wang Tao, who had just concluded negotiations with the Kingdom of Spain, returned here.
Because the location here is exactly in the center of Europa, Wang Tao made it the headquarters of the Renaissance Army's mission to Europa.
He lived here most of the time.
But now he is not alone. He already has a team of envoys under him, and these men are stationed in various countries.
They usually communicate with the headquarters in Vienna through the Europa telegraph network.
At the same time, this is also the headquarters of the European intelligence department of the Renaissance Army.
"Stationmaster Shi, how are you inquiring about the composition of the fleet sent by the French to the Indian Ocean?" Wang Tao poured a cup of tea for Shi Yang, who was sitting opposite him, and then asked.
As the commander of the European Intelligence Station, Shi Yang would meet and communicate with Wang Tao regularly.
After Ji Mingshan left here, Wang Tao and Shi Yang became the talkers in Europe, and many major events were completed with the cooperation of the two.
"We have already inquired about the composition of the fleet. The French did not deliberately keep it secret. Their new ironclad ship did not accompany them. It is said that the sea trials have not yet ended. Its main force is a modified steam sail battleship. There are seven ships in total. Others
All of them are cruisers and frigates, and the entire fleet has a total of fifteen battleships."
"Following this fleet are nearly five thousand French Marines. Obviously they are planning a military operation."
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Shi Yang told Wang Tao the information he had.
Intelligence and diplomacy are often intertwined.
There are many intelligence personnel mixed in the mission corps, and the mission corps also needs intelligence support from the intelligence department to carry out diplomatic work.
Therefore, communication between Wang Tao and Shi Yang is essential.
Shi Yang is still a doctor in Vienna, but his name is getting bigger and bigger, and his status has also risen.
Now his small clinic has been expanded into a hospital with hundreds of staff members.
Some of these people are doctors who work part-time as intelligence officers, others are pure doctors, and there are also some auxiliary personnel.
These people not only treat illnesses and save lives, but also promote the culture of traditional Chinese medicine at the top levels of Europa.
Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and massage have become more and more popular among European aristocrats.
Many of the problems suffered by these people are actually diseases of wealth in later generations. There are no specific medicines that can cure these diseases.
On the contrary, some methods of traditional Chinese medicine can alleviate the pain of these people.
It is precisely because of this that Shi Yang was able to obtain a lot of information from Europa's upper class society.
Through medical treatment, he became friends with many people in the upper class, which ensured his safety and mobility here.
"They must have a follow-up plan. I always feel that Napoleon III is making a risky move." Wang Tao said.
"Isn't Gao Ru in Paris? Let her give it a try and see if she can get the French's follow-up plan," Wang Tao said.
"Yes, I will arrange it." Shi Yang responded with a nod.
"Stationmaster Shi, this negotiation with the Spanish is really thanks to you. I will add your contribution to the report to the president." Wang Tao thanked him.
This negotiation with the Spanish did not go smoothly at the beginning.
Because the European powers such as Britain and France did not want the Spanish to compromise with the Renaissance Army.
But they were unwilling to come up with anything substantial to support the Spanish war effort.
What the Queen of Spain needs is money and a stable position.
So many prisoners and merchant ships were still in the hands of the Renaissance Army. Yet Spain had no countermeasures.
The big capitalists in Spain also hope to negotiate as soon as possible so that they can continue doing business.
Now Spain has lost most of its colonies and controls fewer and fewer resources, so they are very dependent on trade.
The Spanish were involved in the transportation trade between the East and the West and the slave trade to the Americas.
Now their trade routes to the east were essentially cut off.
So they urgently need to lift the state of war with the Renaissance Army.
But as a declining country, Spain had to look at the face of the Great Empire.
There is a Frenchman watching with eager eyes.
Finally, Wang Tao found Queen Isabella's concubine through the intelligence department, and then transferred a large amount of money to the queen through the other party.
Isabella was a queen who was obsessed with money. Between money and offending the British, she decisively chose the money.
Of course, Queen Isabella can still bear this level of offending Britain.
Isabella had many reasons to explain to the other party, such as to stabilize the domestic political situation. Everyone knew that Spain was very unstable at this time, and coups and government collapses were commonplace.
In addition, the British did not provide much help to Spain.
The negotiation was successfully completed as planned, and the money sent played a key role.
The Spanish lost Luzon and some small islands in the Pacific.
The queen received a large amount of money, and the Renaissance Army also gave the Spanish businessmen a most-favored-nation status and expanded the Spanish businessmen's business quota in China. Isn't everyone happy? And knowing that Spain is very poor, Dong Shuheng did not ask for their compensation.
You see how interesting our Renaissance Army is.
The whole of Spain is still able to accept this result.
"Minister Wang, this is what we should do." Shi Yang said modestly.
"By the way, Minister Wang, we have already conveyed the news that the country asked us to forward to the Fuyuan, and they will transfer directly to the Donghua Kingdom." Shi Yang continued to report the next thing.
Because there was no way to directly contact these two warships returning from Prussia.
Dong Shuheng could only pass the order to Vienna, and then the Intelligence Department would find a way to convey it.
Because the warship was already sailing at sea, the Intelligence Department could only rush to the warship's next port of call in advance to pass on the order.
Due to the obstruction of Britain and France, most of the supplies for the two warships could only be completed at sea, and many ports of call along the way were not open to them.
The final fleet of two battleships could only be supplied along the way by two supply ships hired from Prussia.
At the same time, its speed was also slowed down.
Cape Verde is the main maritime communication hub between Europe and South Amelia.
Because the supply ports controlled by Britain and France did not allow the home fleet to dock, they could only supply in Cape Verde, which was under Portuguese control.
In order to prepare for the long voyage ahead, the fleet leader Nie Dahua decided to let his men repair for a few days because they would not be able to dock in Cape Town.
It was here that Nie Dahua was caught up by people from the Intelligence Department.
"Go to Milu?" Nie Dahua couldn't believe the order coming from China.
However, through special comparison methods, Nie Dahua was able to confirm that this order was genuine.
"Yes, General Nie, the Donghua Kingdom has been established. You should have heard that the president's brother is there. In the past few years, we have been sending manpower and material resources to Milu just to establish the Donghua Kingdom. This is what we Chinese are doing
The country of South Amelia." The intelligence officer who sent the order felt that it was necessary to explain more to Nie Dahua.
This naval admiral has stayed in Europa for a long time, so he may not know much about these situations.
"Here is a private letter from the president to you." The intelligence officer added. Naturally, this letter was not written by Dong Shuheng himself.
For the sake of time, the contents of the letter and the order were sent by telegraph.
As mentioned before, a fast channel has been established for the transmission of information between the Renaissance Army and Europa. It is transmitted by a combination of fast horses and telegraphs.
However, this letter translated through code is still made in the form of a letter.
After receiving the letter, Nie Dahua read it carefully.
The content of this letter is not long, but Dong Shuheng explained to Nie Dahua the importance of Donghua to the Renaissance Army.
At the same time, he also hoped that Nie Dahua could persuade the officers and soldiers to stay in Donghua. If they really wanted to return to their homeland, Dong Shuheng also promised that they could return to the country in two years and would receive salary and position compensation.
At the same time, the letter also elaborated on Nie Dahua's mission, which was to guard the bridgehead established by the Chinese in South Amelia.
Dong Shuheng also encouraged Nie Dahua to be the founder of the Donghua Navy. Now that there are so many naval talents in the country, he may not even be able to become a fleet commander when he returns. These two warships will be handed over to other fleets after returning to China.
But in Donghua, he is the commander of this fleet, and they are also the only navy in Donghua.
"Please reply to the president, Nie Dahua will not let him down." Nie Dahua was not unhappy at all about being assigned a new home midway, even though he had been away from home for a long time.
On the contrary, he was still a little excited because Dong Shuheng told him that they might have to fight the enemy directly when they arrived in Milu.
Fortunately, the enemy's strength is not too strong.
Nie Dahua has already begun to dream of leading his brothers to drive two armored ships and dominate the scene in Donghua.
After arriving in Donghua, Nie Dahua will directly serve as the commander-in-chief of the Donghua Navy. The two ironclad ships will change the flag of Donghua and become the main ships of the Donghua Navy.
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