Xinshun 1730

Chapter 630 The real purpose of encouraging westward

Dashun went to Nanyang, and there was no need to consider whether Russia was going west.

As far as the power of the Dutch in Nanyang is concerned, the Navy and the Marine Corps can do it all. The main field corps of the army's major barracks have no chance to participate in the war.

Letting Russia go west is mainly to force Britain to death, at least to drive Britain into isolation.If the potential to destroy Britain can be used to face a divided Europe, the isolated Britain is also an object that can be wooed and cooperated in the future.

The United Kingdom is the most annoying, because the United Kingdom has unique conditions to attach importance to the navy. Dashun is tens of thousands of miles away from Europe, and the most incompatible country is the naval power.

France is fighting fiercely, and Prussia is fighting fiercely.
The emergence of a powerful country in Europe means that this powerful country must maintain a huge army, and the navy has to stand aside.The stronger you are, the more you want to be militaristic.

Obviously weakening the UK is an excellent opportunity.

The ancients said that a wall stands a thousand feet high, and one can be strong without desire.

The UK now has its biggest weakness, Hannover.This made Britain unable to be strong without desires, and had to lose its national strength and get involved in the war on the European continent.

Once involved in the war on the European continent, it would be a meaningless bloodshed for Britain at this time, and it is also the best opportunity to weaken Britain.

The Netherlands didn't want to fight, so Liu Yu wanted to push them to fight.

Britain had to fight, and Liu Yu was going to create a diplomatic situation that could drain Britain's blood.

The King of England was first the Elector of Hanover and then the King of England.

It can be said that Britain has been facing a problem at this time.

Paul Daying?
Or Paul Hanover?

Is the UK a European country?
Isn't the UK a European country?

The king of England is very clear, the king of England has been changed several times, if Britain really can't stay, he can return to the land of Longxing.

But the British Parliament, especially the local industrial and commercial capitalists and emerging landlords, must protect their own interests.Hanover is none of our business?
At the same time, the centuries-old feud between Britain and France has also made Britain almost unanimously have a thinking mode, that is, to contain France.

These three diplomatic starting points are actually contradictory at this time.

After understanding this problem, the various diplomatic actions of Britain at this time can be clearly seen.

In a word, it's indescribably awkward.It's like a chicken with three heads, walking crookedly, not knowing where is the front.

Liu Yu can first rule out one point, the Anglo-Austrian alliance is impossible.

Because on the one hand, Britain supports the "Edict of the Basic Law of Austrian Succession to the Throne" and supports Austria, of course, the essence is to oppose the law.

But on the other hand, the Franco-Prussian alliance at this time made Britain fear that Prussia would capture Hanover, which was absolutely not allowed by the British king.

So Britain has been mediating: don't fight, don't fight, let Austria cede Silesia to Prussia.Part of this place is also called the Sudetenland area.

The old appeasement.

This also means that the Anglo-Austrian alliance has no chance to form.

Austria is not stupid. Silesia is its own core interest. It is the place where the Silesian weaver uprising can break out in later generations.

Can you be an ally if you don't even take care of your own core interests?
Moreover, Liu Yu is determined to destroy the Netherlands, which can almost be said to be a certainty, and Prussia must rise.

Because now that the Franco-Prussian Alliance and Dashun destroy the Netherlands, Austria will definitely lose Silesia, and may even lose more.

With the rise of Prussia, the contradiction between Austria and France has become a secondary contradiction, while the contradiction between Austria and Prussia has risen to the main contradiction.

The emergence of the Austrian-Prussian contradiction means that the Austrian-French alliance has a foundation and a common enemy.

Britain is Austria's traditional "ally", but in fact the root of this ally is to contain France.Because before that, Britain, France, and Austria and France were the main contradictions in the diplomacy of Britain and Austria.

Matter always precedes consciousness, and consciousness always lags behind changes in reality. The reason why the current diplomatic situation is unclear is that consciousness lags behind changes in reality.

When the contradiction between Austria and France retreated to the contradiction between Austria and Prussia, the foundation of the alliance between Britain and Austria collapsed.

Britain urgently needs to find a new ally to contain France.

This ally has to be a powerful country with an army.

This ally has no colonial interests or maritime conflicts with Great Britain.

In this way, there are actually only two options available.

prussia.

Russia.

Britain has money, but lacks an army.

There are people in Russia.But lack of money.

Prussia has a wise king and a strong general.But lack of money.Just how capable it is is not clear, but it will soon be known that this is a treacherous monarch with no diplomatic credibility.

However, with the rise of Prussia, as long as Russia moves westward, it must regard Prussia as its great enemy.

In other words, it seems that as long as Russia advances westward, it seems that there are only two options, and these two options are mutually exclusive.

Or, the Russian-British alliance.

Or, the Commonwealth of England.

And this is why Liu Yu tried his best to support Russia's westward advance.

Only when the German party in Russia is eliminated, and only if Russia continues to maintain its westward policy, can these two options become mutually exclusive alternatives.

Otherwise, the two are possible to coexist.

For example, if a fan circle like Peter III is in power, he would like to let the "idol" Frederick II command the irrational behavior of the Russian army. The alliance of Russia, Prussia, and Britain is completely based.

And this is why Liu Yu insisted that "Russia needs a tsar who considers Russia's interests".

Only a Russia that continues the dream of Peter the Great, moves westward to interfere in European affairs, and strives to be a European steamroller will have irreconcilable conflicts with the rising Prussia.

Considering things in terms of class interests, this matter is also very clear.

Do the industrial and commercial capitalists in the UK want to interfere in European affairs?

hope.

But the purpose of the intervention was to contain France and make France unable to compete with Britain in the colonies.Relying on European contradictions to hold France back, so that Britain can gain an advantage in the colonial war, gaining a vast market and raw material production areas.Not to interfere for the sake of interference, but to interfere for overseas interests, spend the least money and shed the least blood, and hold France back.

Does the King of England, the feudal lord of Hanover, and the big landowner nobles in the army, want to interfere in European affairs?

hope.

But the purpose of the intervention was to keep the king's Hanover and make military exploits for the noble generals.

The king of England is Hanover, and he does not hesitate to shed the last drop of British blood.

who is british

This is the top priority for the UK right now.

If this problem is not solved, the matter is unsolvable.

Are there any smart people in England?Of course there are, such as the real British strategist, the old William Pitt who established the Anglo-Saxon dynasty, but he only complained a few words that the British policy was "too Hanoverian", and was reported and reported that he was "rebellious". Lies" and "defamation of the royal family should be brought to court".It's really that Qingfeng is illiterate, why bother flipping through books.

In fact, Britain’s diplomacy in the Seven Years’ War was not very good in history. If it hadn’t been for Peter III to make such a move, Britain would have to face another choice: Hanover would inevitably be snatched by France. Back to Hannover?

The feudal monarch wants to change.

The domestic bourgeoisie do not want to change.

How to do?See you at the guillotine then.

After all, during the war in history, many ministers secretly stated that "the king's behavior is no different from that of a single planter, exactly the same as Charles I."

Charles I went to the guillotine, and the British played the guillotine much earlier than the French. The connotation of this sentence is already obvious.

Historically, under the guidance of the uncoordinated diplomatic thinking of the three heads, the British conceived a perfect "Grand Alliance Plan" very wishfully.

Pull Russia first, intending to sign a subsidy treaty with Russia.

There is trade cooperation between Britain and Russia. Britain needs Russian timber shipbuilding, and Russia is also an important market for British goods.And there is no contradiction between the two countries.

Then, deliberately publicized the Anglo-Russian alliance to frighten Prussia.

Because Prussia is very afraid that Russia and Austria will pinch it together. Now that Britain and Russia are in an alliance, isn't that the three countries of Britain, Russia and Austria coming to fight Prussia?
After intimidation, Britain began to collude with Prussia, intending to draw Prussia into the alliance: You see, if you don't join the alliance again, I will fuck you with Russia and Austria.

The main reason is that Prussia is next to Hanover, and I am afraid that Prussia will take Hanover once the war starts.The purpose of this big alliance is also to fight against France.

Then I plan to pull Austria after I get to Opp, and say that you see that Opp has allied with me, and you still don’t form an alliance with me and wait to be beaten?
But the thing is, Russia is not a puppet, and Austria is not a fool.

Don’t talk about Russia so far away, don’t eat Poland, which is in the fat land, and don’t fight Prussia, which is more threatening, to shed blood for the British, and to do France, which is separated from Poland and Germany?
The originally good Austrian-British relationship immediately disintegrated because of the Anglo-Prussian alliance: you stand in Prussia together?That is to say that Silesia is not our core interest in Austria?That's an alliance ass.

Britain's diplomatic approach of treating Austria and Russia as puppets and only considering its own interests is really wishful thinking, and it can be regarded as standard Anglo-Saxon thinking.

However, Britain is not the world's hegemon now, and it may not even be able to win against the aging Spain. This kind of hegemony's diplomatic way of thinking, without the support of corresponding strength, will suffer backlash.

It can be said that all the wonderful performances of British diplomacy lie in the creation of a schizophrenic Hannover.

If the British king puts the interests of the United Kingdom first and throws away Hannover, the diplomatic situation of the United Kingdom can be said to be like a fish in water.

If you want to pull Russia, then pull Russia, if you want to pull Austria, then pull Austria.Let the wind blow from southeast to northwest, and I stand at the outlet to watch the changing situation in Europe.

Instead of always thinking about La Prussia like now, and the only reason for La Prussia is that Prussia is next to Hanover, fearing that Prussia will eat Hanover.

Once it is pulled to Prussia, the Austrian-British alliance is impossible, and the Austrian-Russian alliance is also impossible.

This is the standard way of doing big things but sacrificing one's life, and seeing small gains but forgetting one's righteousness.

This war was originally won by accident, there is nothing inevitable, and even the British won by accident.

In this era, no one thought that the fandom culture was so terrible that the monarch of a country could follow the stars to the point of directly giving up the national interests.

If you want to bleed Britain, you must try your best to promote the Anglo-Prussian alliance, not the Anglo-Russian alliance.This is the standard for passing the so-called "diplomatic examination".

Since it is only a qualified and passing standard, it is actually not difficult.

In this diplomatic exam, it is only necessary to clarify the main contradictions and core interests in the diplomacy of several major powers, so as to avoid making mistakes like the United Kingdom.

Father, like son.

However, these matters must be handed over to Dashun's new generation of diplomats.It is impossible for Liu Yu to stay in Russia for too long, and the situation in Central Europe is still unclear.

But before you go, lay the foundation for the future.

At this time, that base was Sweden.

Give a compromise solution, and try not to let Russia eat too much in one bite.If you eat too much in one bite, you will be worried about Sweden's revenge at that time, and you will not dare to go west with all your strength.

And Sweden can also be drawn into this alliance, because Sweden is also eager to declare war on Prussia, because Sweden hopes to get Pomerania.As long as Russia doesn't push Sweden too hard, it will be much easier to form an anti-British alliance in the future.

(End of this chapter)