1825 My New Daming

Chapter 352 In fact, Britain has a precedent of selling a king for glory! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

When Grand Duke Mikhail was riding on the world's most advanced hybrid armored cruiser Rurik (this is an armored cruiser with a steam engine of 1.325 horsepower and sails, and it is only 7 years old. When he went to England for a friendly visit, his younger sister, Grand Duchess Natalie, took a train across the vast plains of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, and arrived at Versailles, the spiritual hometown of the Rakshasa nobles.

The purpose of Natalie's coming to Versailles is of course to fulfill the important mission entrusted to him by her husband Zhuge Weidao—to ask Zhuge Weijiu to support King Xiaolu of the Ming Dynasty to enter the Hanoverian Dynasty of England and become a beautiful thing for the British king.

And when Natalie arrived at the Grand Trianon Palace where Zhuge Wei lived for a long time, the old man was worrying about the intensifying yellow peril theory on the European continent.He wasn't worried that the war situation in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean would be unfavorable to Ming Dynasty.Instead, they are worried that the Zhuming Dynasty and the eight great families, especially the Zhuge family, bought a large number of properties in Western Europe that were frozen or confiscated by various countries.

The Zhu Ming Dynasty and the Eight Great Aristocratic Families purchased a large number of properties in Europe after the French Revolution. At that time, the European continent was in chaos. The wealthy and powerful owners were worried that the French Revolution would spread to their own countries, so they were eager to sell. The industry ran away to the UK.The Zhuge family took the opportunity to buy on a bargain, buying a large amount of real estate in the Rhineland region, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and other places.Later, after the restoration of Bourbon, it purchased a large number of properties in France.The other seven aristocratic families and the royal family of Daming have always followed the tradition of the Zhuge family, so they also followed suit.Because asset prices were very low when Europe was in turmoil, the Ming royal family and the eight great families took advantage of it.

However, these assets are mainly bulk real estate, and it is not so easy to realize them.It can only be shipped slowly, and sometimes it is necessary to cut a large amount of land into small pieces of land and then sell them.

While the Ming Royal Family and the Eight Great Aristocratic Families were slowly shipping goods, European asset prices rose again due to the second industrial revolution, so the market value of the European assets held by the Ming Imperial Family and the Eight Great Aristocratic Families decreased. The more you hold the leek, the more comfortable it is to cut.

But now, the yellow peril theory in Europe is intensifying, and politicians in many countries are clamoring to confiscate the assets of Ming Dynasty in the territory.

Although the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty and the eight great families had expected it for a long time, and began to accelerate the speed of selling assets, but they had too many assets in their hands.However, the gold and silver on the market in European countries are generally relatively tight. After the war between Ming Dynasty and India, the control of gold and silver export began to be implemented.

Therefore, the Ming imperial family and the eight great families had to let their agents in Europe transfer the funds obtained from the sale of assets to the relatively safe Netherlands and Switzerland through Jewish channels.

Among them, the Netherlands has always been known for protecting private property, and there are still "hostages" in the country held by Daming. The Dutch East Indies in the Netherlands is a territory that Ming can seize at any time!
Switzerland was declared a permanent neutral country at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Putting money in the Netherlands and Switzerland is theoretically very safe.But when the yellow peril theory spread in Europe, Zhuge Weijiu knew that the trouble might be a bit big.

Because he knows that the British government can't control public opinion at all, they can't even control public opinion in their own country, let alone the direction of public opinion in Europe.Of course, the reason why the British government can't control public opinion is not because they don't control it, but because their method of controlling public opinion is very absurd, that is, raising prices!

The British government imposes a "stamp duty" on legally distributed newspapers, thereby driving up the price of legally distributed newspapers.So that in the UK, people who can look up to a legal "big newspaper" such as "The Times" must be upper-class people who have the right to vote in parliamentary elections. In the whole of the UK, there are about 10,000+ such people.Therefore, the circulation of legal newspapers in the UK is pitifully small.

But at the same time, there are still many illegal newspapers in the UK that are difficult to monitor, and their circulation is at least dozens of times that of legal newspapers.Because it is issued illegally, the news published in these newspapers is beyond the control of the British government.

With such an ability to control public opinion, how could the British government set off a wave of "yellow peril theory" throughout Europe?So behind this incident, there must be other forces cooperating with the British authorities.

Most of these "other forces" are Jewish financial groups.The Netherlands and Switzerland, like the United Kingdom, are the paradise of European Jewish capital. If Jewish capital and the British Empire join forces to deal with Ming Dynasty, then it may be dangerous for Ming to store money in the Netherlands and Switzerland!
And when Zhuge was having a headache for a long time, Natalie brought the news that Queen Mother Zheng wanted King Xiaolu to join the Hanover Dynasty.

"What? Grand Duchess, what did you say?" The old man looked at Natalie in surprise, "Is this what your Zhuge Daozi meant?"

This matter is definitely not the decision of the military division, because Zhuge Weijiu didn't know it at all.And it's unlikely that the people from the old Zheng's official party came up with it. The group of people has always been short-sighted, and they don't think so much at all.

"Yeah!" Natalie blinked her big eyes and said with a smile, "Great strategist, when the war starts, you should think about how to end it. But how should the war between us and the British Empire end? We really Are you going to bomb London and land on the British Isles? Is that possible?"

Zhuge Weijiu thought about it and said: "Bombing London is possible, but it is impossible to land with Ming's power alone. It is too far away."

There is something in the old man’s words—impossible with Daming alone, but what about adding France?
If the Royal Navy of Great Britain is wiped out by Ming Dynasty, can Louis XVII and the black-haired Louis stand up and lead the French army to land in England?If these two brothers can accomplish such a feat, the threat of the Bonapartists will be lifted immediately. They will be heroes of France!

Natalie did not understand what Zhuge Weijiu said, but said according to Zhuge Weidao's confession: "If we cannot land in England, there is no possibility of completely destroying the British Empire. The way must be to compromise post-war Britain, which will still exist as an important part of the world order. She will also have a decisive influence on European affairs, North American affairs and North Atlantic affairs. If the Zhu Ming Dynasty can rule England Therefore, it is undoubtedly the most ideal ending to turn Britain into "Xiao Ming" and become the country of brothers of Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, if we can turn this expectation into a clear card now, let every British know that the ultimate goal of the Ming Empire is not to destroy their empire, but to get their queen!Then when they feel difficult, they are very likely to make compromises.In British history, there is a precedent for introducing the royal family of a hostile country in order to compromise. "

"That's right!" Zhuge Weijiu slapped his hands, "Why did I forget that the British once sold their king for glory in the 17th century? Their Glorious Revolution, didn't they just betray the Stuart dynasty and introduce the enemy's kingdom?" The House of Orange in Holland?"

Natalie smiled and said: "That's right, there were several wars between Britain and the Netherlands, and even the Dutch fleet entered the Thames River to bombard London. In the end, the British used the method of betraying the king and attracting Dutch soldiers to take over. They sold the British throne to the Orange family of the Netherlands in exchange for a British-Dutch compromise, and put Britain on the road to the Industrial Revolution. They can do the same thing again!"

This event, which the British called the Glorious Revolution, was actually neither glorious nor revolutionary.It was a treason incident in which the Protestant nobles betrayed the Catholic king, "switched" to lead the Dutch soldiers to invade, and helped William III of the Orange family enter the UK.

And the one who played an important role in this incident—the one who turned his back on the battlefield and led the Dutch soldiers into London was the famous Duke of Marlborough John Churchill. !

This is how the prosperity and wealth of their Qiu family came about!

(End of this chapter)