Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1226 Start of War ([-])
Adhering to this strategy, the Dashun Mission quickly joined forces with the new French Minister of State, the Duke of Choiseul.

The new official has three fires in office, and urgently needs to do something to stabilize his position.

The Duke of Choiseul is also an old court fritter.

Although there are great cultural differences between China and France, the universality of the feudal autocratic monarchy and court struggles is still greater than this cultural difference, and the communication between the two sides can be said to be without obstacles.

Fifty-two years ago, the Duke of Choiseul was quite dissatisfied with Madame de Pompadour.

In 52, Mrs. Pompadour's position had been stabilized. The Duke of Choiseul immediately jumped back and asked his niece to secretly inform Mrs. Pompadour through the female circle that someone in the court wanted to fuck her, and finally confirmed that this was true.So it was approved by Mrs. Pompadour.

Although according to the traditional culture of Dashun, this is called the Chicken Sichen.However, Dashun's court tradition is ideologically critical of the chicken Sichen, but it does not mean that they are not familiar with this set of things.

When Liu Yu came to Europe in the early years, he had already flirted with Mrs. Pompadour.Of course, it's not physical, but it's blended with another "enlightenment scientist".

For this kind of woman, or this kind of person, Liu Yu still understands, in short, arty and fashionable.

Fashion does not necessarily mean sea dragon leather, polished silk, Jingde porcelain, or a Chinese-style manor like the Swedish royal palace.

Sometimes, engaging in this kind of doctrine and that kind of consciousness is also a special form of arty and following fashion.

Moreover, Mrs. Pompadour's glimpse at the hunting ground and the routine of the Wushan goddess were noticed by Louis XV, which was also an idea given by the people of Dashun.

This relationship is here.

The other one is what I said before, the former mistress of Louis XV, the four sisters of Naylor, pursued the line of promoting the Franco-Prussian Alliance.

And Mrs. Pompadour, because she wants to ban the influence of the Neller sisters, so the Neller sisters pursue the strategy of the Franco-Prussian alliance. Naturally, he wants to promote the skirt alliance, that is, the Russian-French-Austrian alliance to oppose Prussia.

Dashun is definitely not interested in anti-POP.

But the only thugs Britain could find on the Continent was Prussia.

There are many reasons for this.

For one thing, Queen Elizabeth is pursuing a westward strategy, and she must not deal with Prussia.

The second is that Liu Yu's previous cooperation with Russia was mainly about trade.

For example, the previous Sino-Russian trade mainly passed through the trading city of Lake Baikal, and the two sides exchanged fur and tea.

Those who monopolize this trade line are all old nobles who belong to the Moscow Gang.

After waiting for the coup, Dashun first exported to the "innocent" Danish East India Company, looking for trouble.
During the previous coup, because of the issue of the succession to the Swedish throne and the Russo-Swiss war, what Liu Yu facilitated was the Baltic Sea trade controlled by the tripartite cooperation between China, Sweden and Russia.

The premise here is that an agreement was reached with the Swedish East India Company early on through the issue of the Junggar Swedish captives in the Western Regions incident.

And taking advantage of the opportunity of the collapse of the Austrian Ostend Company in the "State Decree", it appropriately put pressure on the Swedish East India Company and reached a Sino-Swiss cooperation.

Then, during the Russo-Swedish War, he participated in the coup in Petersburg and used Queen Elizabeth's pull... er, it can't be said to be ruthless.But in short, the Swedish embassy, ​​which supported Queen Elizabeth in the coup, suffered a dull loss.

Later, with the help of Denmark's request for the succession to the Swedish throne, he mediated and put pressure on Denmark, and finally reached a tripartite trade alliance between China, Sweden and Russia.

The essence of this trade alliance is that Dashun used the vacancy in the market after the collapse of the Ostend Company, coupled with the suppression of the Danish East India Company, so that China and Russia could occupy Denmark without damaging the interests of the shareholders of the Swedish East India Company. East India Company and Ostend Company often share, so as to reach a result that is satisfactory to all three parties.

After this result was achieved, a special ambiguous relationship emerged between Luo Sha and Da Shun.

The tea trade originally went through Lake Baikal and Kyakhta.

That is the private land of the old Rakshasa nobles.

Now, the tea trade goes through the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, which are the territory of the new nobles of the Czar, especially through Petersburg, bypassing the old people in Moscow.

The trade between the two sides is not the key point, the key point is Raksha's rhubarb and tea monopoly, so that whoever controls the trade can control enough power in the country.

Later, after Liu Yu returned from Europe, he sent people to Rakshasa to carry out a simple industrial transfer by using the system of "serfs serving in factories" left by Peter I.

For example, glass and other industries are very good in Dashun, but they can be sold across the ocean to Rakshasa to pay for the underpants.

Another example is the linen textile industry developed jointly by the two sides.

This kind of industrial transfer will not see any effect in the initial stage.

But with the accumulation of time, the effect of this industrial transfer is becoming more and more obvious.

Trade disputes gradually emerged between Britain and Russia.

Originally, the trade volume between Britain and Russia was very large.

Peter I, through the system of serfs serving in industry and commerce, made the iron smelting industry in Rakshasa develop greatly.Before the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Rakshasa's iron smelting industry had always dominated Western Europe, and the trade between Britain and Russia was complementary.

However, along with Dashun's industrial transfer strategy of "I can't get it, but I don't allow others to get it, and it's disgusting to others", Raksha's glass, flax, textile and other industries, and British trade products have serious problems. conflict.

This kind of conflict has drastically reduced the possibility of an alliance between Britain and Russia.

In the end, the last diplomatic attempt between Britain and Russia failed completely.

"We must deal with the common enemy" that Luocha asked, the common enemy in this sentence refers to Prussia, and of course also includes Denmark, which affects their trade in the Baltic Sea.

"We must deal with the common enemy" demanded by the United Kingdom. The common enemy in this sentence refers to France. After all, before this, Russia and France have been fighting each other, and France has repeatedly used Ottoman Turkey to disgust Rakshasa.

Britain's diplomatic strategy is to first pull Rakshasa, and then scare Prussia: Xiao Pu, if you don't ally with me, who do you think I ally with Russia for?I won't tell you, you guess for yourself if I want to fuck you.

Basically, this strategy is a bit of wishful thinking.According to this diplomatic strategy, first pull Russia to frighten Prussia, and then pull Prussia into the alliance to form a tripartite alliance of Britain, Russia, and Prussia.

According to the British idea, I pulled Prussia clearly to deal with France and let Prussia act as a thug to help me protect Hannover.Austria, you should understand my intentions, so don't be nervous.

But for Austria, what you see in your eyes is this: Damn it, the last war of succession to the throne, you appease me and let me cut Silesia.In the end, Prussia cut off Silesia, which is an inalienable territory of Austria. Now you are allied with Prussia, what do you mean?It means that you admit that Silesia is the territory of Prussia, we Austria can't take it?
Except for your parents, no one is spoiling you, everything must be done according to your interests, and you are not the emperor who subdues the world, so don't think about diplomacy with the thinking of an emperor.

This is the most basic diplomatic principle that no emperor exists.If there is a "Son of Heaven", that's another story.

At this time, the core interest of Austria is Silesia.Not just how much Silesia is worth, but who is Germany?

In terms of core interests, the century-old contradictions of the Austrian Law are all secondary contradictions.

In itself, the relationship between Russia and Britain is not so solid. With the clarification of Austria's attitude-the relationship between Russia and Austria also involves a relationship with Ottoman Turkey-Russia's attitude towards Britain has also become clear.

Either pick me.

Either choose Prussia.

Anglo-Russian relations are nothing more than a trade issue,

Anglo-Prussian relations involve the Hannover issue.

So, Bao Daying?Or Paul Hanover?

This is not a problem for the King of England.The king of England is the elector of Shinra first, and then the king of England. After all, he cannot communicate with his subjects in English, so he has to use Latin to communicate with them.

The trade cooperation between Britain and Russia was also accompanied by the transfer of some industries in Dashun, which led to trade conflicts between Britain and Russia.

In the first year of this kind of trade conflict, nothing can be seen; in the second year, it seems to have little impact... But after three, five, or seven years, quantitative changes will also lead to qualitative changes.

The trade of tea, rhubarb, raw silk, etc. went to the Baltic Sea instead of Lake Baikal, which intensified the conflict between the Petersburg gang represented by the empress and the Moscow gang of the old forces, and the Petersburg gang defeated the Moscow gang.

Trade balances offset each other; strategic balances have gradually shifted from a seemingly accidental Russia-Austria-France alliance to an inevitable Sino-Russia Austria-France alliance.

Against this background, the Duke of Choiseul, after accurately standing on the side of Mrs. Pompadour in 52, helped Mrs. Pompadour reach an almost inevitable Austrian-French alliance. Now he is promoted to Minister of State, naturally Full of interest in bringing Dashun into the war.

Therefore, when the Dashun Mission team colluded with the Duke of Choiseul, the two sides really saw mung beans, and they saw each other right.

The Dashun Mission, after the settlement, politely asked the Duke of Choiseul, a question that seemed simple but was actually very difficult to answer.

"Your Excellency, if the main force of the French fleet can defeat the main force of the British fleet, then, is it meaningful for France to build transport ships and plan to land in Scotland?"

"If it doesn't make sense, does it mean that all your plans are based on a gamble?"

"That is, you know that if the French main fleet can defeat the British main fleet, the transport ships and landing fleet are meaningless icing on the cake."

"However, you still choose the desperate plan to land in Scotland, which means that you don't think the French fleet can defeat the British fleet, but you are pinning on a military adventure to let the French army land in Scotland-the whole plan The premise is to assume that the main force of the British fleet did not discover the movement of the French fleet, and the wind direction was suitable, and there was no storm, and it arrived in Scotland smoothly. Is that so?"

These words left the Duke of Choiseul speechless.

Although the members of the Dashun Mission Corps spoke very harshly.

But this kind of general staff's understanding of war is scientific, if war is also a science or an art.

The reason is straightforward and simple.

Assuming that the French fleet can defeat the British fleet, there is no need for landing operations, because once the British Great Wall of Sails is defeated, Britain will choose to surrender.

The plan to land in Scotland, then, is just the icing on the cake.

At this moment, when France failed in the direction of Hanover, failed in India, lost Louisburg in North America, and was harassed by the British Navy in West Africa, the icing on the cake battle plan is meaningless.

Even if you try your best, God bless, God bless France, if you send more than 5000 people, will it be useful?The British Army is poor, but it's not so bad that it can't even defeat the more than 5000 French troops who have no rear, no logistics, and no supplies, right?

So, this is a bad-brained campaign plan.If you put it in the Privy Council of Dashun, you can directly judge it as a bad grade. It is impossible to be promoted to the core level of the General Staff in this life. You will spend your whole life in the map of the ruler, and you will be a colonel until you die, and then you will receive a retirement annuity.

(End of this chapter)