In the small building next to Beihaizi of Xinjing University, Dong Shuheng and Wei Yuan were talking about the issue of the subcontinent.
At present, the main attention of the Renaissance Army is directed there.
Regardless of the fact that wars broke out between the Renaissance Army and the Great Empire in so many places, in fact what really determines the outcome is the war in the subcontinent.
Losing Australia and New Zealand would not do much harm to the Great Empire.
But without the subcontinent, the strength of the Chinese people would be reduced by at least half.
"Shu Heng, the main battlefield of this war with the Yu people is in the subcontinent, and we have also invested a lot of resources. Are you really going to give it to those small countries when the time comes? Those Yu people will make a lot of money by running it.
?" Wei Yuan said, seemingly aggrieved.
"Teacher!" Dong Shuheng still used to call Teacher Wei Yuan when he was talking about business. This was a tacit understanding between the two.
"The Chinese operate the subcontinent on the one hand for raw materials and on the other hand to obtain markets. They obtain wealth from the subcontinental colonies through unequal transactions. This model is not suitable for us and will not last long. First of all, we do not lack raw materials.
The supply, as for the market, is allocated to those small countries. They will also join the Greater China Circle, so that will be our market."
"There is also a large native population in the subcontinent, which is not suitable for our Renaissance Army to directly operate. In fact, even the colonial model like the Japanese will have problems in the future. Just like slavery, colonization is a simple and crude plunder.
Sooner or later, the method will withdraw from the stage of history."
Wei Yuan nodded and said: "That's true. Society is constantly developing. With continued development, people in those colonies will always find that they have been squeezed. Sooner or later, they will rise up and rebel. I can understand it, but ordinary people
The people may not understand, they will think that we have invested so many resources, but in the end we have helped others fight the war."
"Yes, teacher, I will control the public opinion well. It is enough for us to get Ceylon Island and the Indus River Basin this time. We only want the most valuable places. As for other places, we are using a
A more moderate way of cooperation and union. We build countries that are too far away from our homeland or have large indigenous populations, and then unite them through multilateral treaties. This model will be more
's long-lasting.”
Wei Yuandao: "It's not that simple that everyone's interests must be consistent in the long run. Now they are all standing with us, but one day when their interests are inconsistent, it may not be impossible to defect."
"The situation that the teacher said naturally exists. This means that our mainland needs to be always strong. Now I have integrated the Indus River Basin into the mainland, and the western region also has an outlet to the Indian Ocean. Both the east and the west can have strong development.
Due to the innate conditions, we still have strategic depth as large as the Far East and the Far North."
"Under such conditions, if the mainland cannot maintain its strength, then there is nothing I can do. At least this will not happen when I am in office."
"Teacher, if you look around the world, who else can have conditions like ours? The Chinese people are just an island country. Its mainland is too small and it is close to the complicated continent of Europa. As long as the navy declines, the status of the Chinese people will decline.
."
Wei Yuan nodded and said: "You are right. The local conditions of the Yu people are too poor. Unless they can abandon their homeland and move the center of the country to North Amelia, this country will decline sooner or later. Those in Western Europe
Countries are like this. They have too many constraints on each other, and they don’t have much local depth. They don’t have the capital to dominate.”
When we talked about this kind of issue involving political research, Wei Yuan suddenly became interested.
He continued: "I think the only ones that can compete with us in the future are the United States and Tsarist Russia. The United States has enough room for development, and they are likely to unite with the countries in Western Europe."
"Teacher, you are indeed very knowledgeable. Milijan certainly has such potential, but the first thing they have to solve now is the internal problem. A group of white elites have gathered here."
"They knew very well what their problems were, which is why they had this Civil War. If there was no external intervention, then the North would win, and then it would be time for America to truly rise."
"So, you already knew that, so you just came up with a Jiahua?"
Wei Yuan naturally knew how far Dong Shuheng's Jiahua had developed. Most people in the country had no idea about Jiahua.
I only know that it is an important immigration destination. The other thing is the legend of gold diggers there.
"Shu Heng, I don't know how far Jiahua has developed now. Can you just rely on your energy in Jiahua to reverse the trend of Millikin? You must know that the trend is irreversible." Wei Yuan's understanding of the world at this time is no less than
Yu Dong Shuheng.
After all, he is the first person to open his eyes to see the world.
America is a powerful country comparable to Europe, and cannot be influenced by just a few Chinese immigrant forces.
"Don't worry, teacher, there will be no problem. Canada's current strength is enough to challenge either North or South. As for the alliance between the North and the South, currently they do not have such conditions. The conflict between factory owners and slave owners cannot be resolved
reconcile."
"Then the only one left is Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia is big enough and has its own strategic depth. Their internal problems are very serious, but I know they have been slowly solving them. If they can integrate Europa, then their strength will be enough to be on an equal footing with us.
." Wei Yuan said again.
"Teacher, you are right. Tsarist Russia is indeed a potential opponent. However, although they are big, most of their land is a bitter cold land. The real essence is in part of the west. In addition, Tsarist Russia has many problems.
, it’s not just an internal land issue, it is an old empire after all, the aristocratic forces are intertwined, and the struggle between interest groups is irreconcilable.”
"If they continue to make improvements in small steps like this, they will always treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Sooner or later, internal problems will break out."
"Also, teacher, Tsarist Russia cannot unify the forces of Western Europe. As long as he goes west, the countries in the west will definitely unite to suppress him. Unless we have already reached the doorstep of Europa, facing our threat, Western Europe
Only those countries can possibly unite with him."
Wei Yuan nodded: "It is true. I have studied some ancient European history and found that they do have such a strange cycle. Whether it is religion or history, these western countries will always reject Tsarist Russia. I think these Europeans seem to have no regard for blood and race.
We are particularly concerned that at first we thought they were all foreigners, with white skin, high nose bridges, big eyes, and deep eye sockets, but they themselves can distinguish themselves more clearly."
"These Western Europeans look at the Russians the same way we look at the Huns and Turks."
"Teacher, you are right. We originally knew too little about them. In fact, our academy also needs to cultivate a group of people who study foreign history. We attach great importance to the study of our own history, but we do not pay much attention to the history of these foreigners.
There is too little research. Only by knowing ourselves and our enemies can we be victorious in a hundred battles. I think we should be the nation that values history the most, and this area cannot be left behind." Dong Shuheng said.
After all, Wei Yuan is in charge of education, and Wei Yuan is in charge of the Education Committee of the Cabinet Council.
According to foreign parlance, Wei Yuan is equivalent to the chairman of the Education Committee of the House of Lords.
What Dong Shuheng said reminded Wei Yuan that there was still such a shortcoming in literature and history education.
He nodded and said: "You are right. We should indeed open a foreign language major. This is actually not difficult. It requires some foreign language talents. We can start by translating foreign historical works and slowly study it. We have a method for studying history.
It’s ready-made.”
"Teacher, you can contact Wang Tao then and ask him to arrange for some people to go on study tours. Our relationship with the German Federation and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still good. These are the old empires of Europe. Where should we go to study history?
Not bad.”
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Haha, it turns out you have already thought about it."
"Teacher, we can't do it if we don't study them, otherwise we won't understand many things they do."
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"Father, husband, you guys are chatting about important national affairs, but you can't forget to eat." Wei Yuzhen, wearing a kitchen towel on her head when cooking, walked in, interrupting the conversation between the two.
"Let's go and eat." Wei Yuan smiled at his son-in-law and said.
Today the two of them talked about the future arrangements for the subcontinent and potential enemies in the future.
In fact, there was another potential enemy, which Wei Yuan did not expect.
That is the German Federation, the future German Empire. If anyone is still capable of unifying Europe, it is the German Empire.
The French are not good, Napoleon has completely exhausted the country's heritage.
The Great Empire has been wandering on the edge of Europa and cannot do it.
The German Empire was right in the middle.
The German nation in a broad sense, the former Holy Roman Empire, once almost unified the entire Central and Western Europe.
Only those who delve into the history of Europa will understand this.
Dong Shuheng only has a partial understanding of this. Therefore, he wants to support the research on the history of Europa.
The pickled fish poured with hot oil exudes the spicy and delicious aroma of chili and Sichuan peppercorns. The twice-cooked pork with green peppers and red peppers makes the fat and thin meat slices not greasy at all.
"Liu Ma's craftsmanship has become even better." Dong Shuheng said while chewing a piece of snow-white grass carp fillet.
"My uncle's mouth is still so sweet." Liu's mother walked in with fish-flavored shredded pork in her hand.
"I steamed some steamed buns, and you can stuff the shredded fish-flavored pork in them and eat them together."
This steamed bun is a northern pasta dish, and Liu’s mother obviously followed the local customs.
"Okay, you guys eat, I'll make some soup."
This mother Liu is still as afraid as before to go to the table to eat.
In fact, apart from the battlefields in the subcontinent, the Australian battlefield is the second largest battlefield that the Renaissance Army has invested in.
Six frigates of the First Fleet, plus four sailing battleships and eight sailing cruisers formed a convoy escorting ten troopships of 4,000 to 5,000 tons from Fuzhou.
It passed through the eastern part of the Luzon Protectorate, Xinhua Island, and then went straight to the New South Wales Colony of the Great Empire. Because there were a large number of sailing warships, the entire voyage took nearly two months.
The reason why so many sail warships were used this time was because all the ironclad ships of the First Fleet were transferred to Bao Youzhi.
The First Fleet could only temporarily complete its reorganization using the ROK fleet captured in Singapore Port.
Otherwise, Du Hang would have become a mere commander, with no strength in his hands, and unable to suppress the Dutch who had been entrenched in the Nanyang region for hundreds of years.
Recently, there has been a lot of evidence that the Dutch are helping the Chinese. After all, in Europe at this time, the Dutch are the younger brothers of the Chinese.
The royal families of the two countries are even relatives, and even Her Majesty the Queen grew up in the Netherlands.
Du Hang has seized several merchant ships that helped the Koreans smuggle supplies and personnel.
However, after these matters were reported to the police, Dong Shuheng suppressed them.
In a word, the Netherlands cannot be touched for the time being.
It's not that the Renaissance Army doesn't have the ability to deal with the Netherlands now. Even if the Renaissance Army starts a war with the Japanese now, it still has the ability to deal with the Netherlands.
The reason is still to consider the political influence. The threat of the Renaissance Army to the Chinese people cannot be spread to the entire Europe, giving the Chinese people a reason to use foreign methods to unite other countries to deal with the Renaissance Army.
This expedition to Australia is quite special, and the cost of the expedition will be borne by Westpac.
The price is to hand over the development rights of Australia's big island to Westpac.
This will naturally make some people criticize, but the opinions of the high-level people are basically unanimous. The Renaissance Army itself does not have the energy to develop this large island in the Southern Ocean now.
Even the ambitious Zuo Jigao did not want to accept such a large piece of land at this time.
To be honest, this place is just a corner place, which can complete the Greater China Circle, but its strategic role is not great.
And this is completely undeveloped land.
The local indigenous people were basically killed by the Chinese colonists.
It is very difficult to develop.
So this is an area where large investment returns are slow.
Even the cabinet despises it. But although this is a marginal place, it cannot be left in the hands of the Chinese people.
It was naturally Dong Shuheng's idea to hand it over to West Pacific Company for development.
Because these two years will be a difficult time for the big capitalists in China.
This Australia is a gift to them.
Once the Renaissance Army takes over this place, West Pacific Company will expand rapidly in the next few years.
The main shareholder of West Pacific is the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium. They are squeezed in the country and can invest all their funds in the development of Australia.
It can be regarded as Dong Shuheng's compensation for them.
Dong Shuheng is still a rather nostalgic person.
These people all helped him in the beginning, and he also wanted to leave a way for his family to retreat for these people.
Australia and Xinhua Island will be collectively referred to as the Nanhua Region in the future.
And these big business families will be the masters of Nanhua in the future.