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Chapter 172 When Beijing meets Berlin(1/2)

Since Joey convinced his father and Prime Minister Bismarck to establish a foreign policy of the strong and weak that was generally accepted by the strong and weak countries in the 19th century, and changed to a new type of diplomatic relationship with commerce as the core, politics and military around economic development.

Joey did think about how to profit from this new type of diplomatic relationship, but never foresee that the impact of the new type of German-Qingxing relationship would bring such rich political and economic benefits to Germany in the world.

In fact, not only Joey did not expect, but Crown Prince Frederick and Prime Minister Bismarck had never foresawed that even other foresighted people in German society, and even the entire German community, had never thought about it.

The first income from France is seen by many people who do not know the inside story, and it has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty. However, within Germany, the group of people who decide the direction of German policies are very clear in their hearts that without the exchange of interests in East Asia, the income will not be imagined at all.

After basically meeting the minimum requirements of French Foreign Minister Frasine, the Frenchman's compensation amount was finally frozen at 300 million francs.

The compensation from the French government after formally apologizing to Germany was much smaller than the 5 billion francs in the French-Prussian War, only a mere 300 million francs, but only 25 million German Kinmarks.

Although the amount is not large, it depends on whom. In the history of the German Empire, the French were the second and second largest amount of compensation after the French-Prussian War.

Compared with the previous French indemnity, public opinion in European countries generally believes that compared with money, Germany's gains this time are mainly in politics and people's hearts.

Politically, this is a victory for the monarchy over the republic.

Under the leadership of the German royal family, the two most important monarchical countries in Europe, facing the offense of the republican countries against the German monarch, took collective action, forcing the French government to apologize and compensate for the rude behavior of their citizens.

In Europe, everyone can see the great power of the monarchy again. As long as the monarchs unite together, the bourgeoisie and other political forces can still tremble.

The monarchs are still not, the object that people in the world can look down upon.

Many European declining nobles and down-and-out monarchs brought new hope to reexamine Germany, and a large number of supporters of the monarchy began to gather in Berlin.

More bourgeoisie, liberals and supporters of the republic also began to keep a close eye on Germany's every move.

In short, many people with intentions have begun to carefully observe this monarchical power that has been established for less than ten years.

After the Iron-blooded Prime Minister and the Peace Prime Minister, Bismarck once again gained a new reputation and the protector of the imperial power.

Under the full shaping of the German propaganda machine, the old prime minister united, defeated the French again and resounded throughout Europe, allowing those who believed that Bismarck had grown old and soft-hearted to see the true face of the old prime minister iron and blood again.

The German people's trust in the royal family and the government has increased again. According to the latest poll conducted by the Arensbach Institute, German public opinion has hit a new high in terms of trust in government policies and trust in the German royal leadership.

If the people have confidence in the government, it naturally means that the government's policy implementation becomes stronger, the resistance to policy implementation becomes smaller, the government's administrative costs are lower, and the good social effects brought by good policy effectiveness are even more significant.

Better than good, it naturally means that the German government can carry out more in-depth changes, whether economically, politically, or military.

In addition to the political gains, there are also the gains of national self-confidence.

The national confidence of the German people has once again increased, especially when facing the French, they cannot cure that, and unconsciously reveal a sense of confidence and superiority.

Eight years ago, we had to overturn France with real guns and ammunition, and eight years later, with just one diplomatic protest, the same effect could be achieved, and Germany is still so great.

In the hearts of the German people, their dissatisfaction with the government, society and the economy suddenly turned into high patriotic enthusiasm.

In addition, the speed of economic development in Germany and the efficiency of the people have invisibly increased by several percentage points.

Victory is so inspiring, especially since this victory was made with real money and silver from the enemy's compensation.

The hearts of the Germans have become more positive, but the hearts of the French have become more confusing.

After overthrowing the empire of Napoleon III, the power of left-wing republics and liberals has always been the power of left-wing republics and liberals, occupying the dominant position of French political life. Right-wing parties are powerless, while the extreme-right royalist party is even weaker.

However, after the republic France was humiliated by the imperial Germany, the calls for a powerful figure in France to lead France to re-create its glory suddenly increased.

Although the French government on the left kept emphasizing that democracy and republic are the real roots of France's strength, the French people increasingly believed that France still needed a Napoleon-like hero under the inflammatory propaganda of the Royalist Party.

The slogan of the French emperor long lived the French emperor also quietly appeared on the streets of Paris.

With the French government prosecuting several current affairs comic newspapers, the French people realized the dilemma of sitting in the prison cell for a while.

The French people immediately opposed press freedom. The French Press Freedom Act, which had been passed in parliament, also stumbled into a proposal for the French Press Censorship Law.

Losing money and going to jail left the French left wing for a moment.

At this moment, the French right-wing newspaper, secretly sponsored by Joey, suddenly published an interview with an anonymous person from the German royal family. The anonymous German royal family confessed that France, which owns Emperor Napoleon, is the powerful France that the Germans have always feared, and France under the republic system is like a socialite in the French red light district, and Germany only needs to wave to it.

In response to this article, the German royal family and the government insisted that this was a complete fabrication, and once again emphasized that the French left-wing government under Grevi was powerful! It is a good partner of the German royal family, the government and the people!

Finally, we once again seriously protested the rumor-mongering behavior of irresponsible undermining the peace between Germany and France.

Some things are denied the more they become true, especially under the clamor of those who are interested.

But there was a huge uproar in France, with the left-wing government unable to defend itself, and the right-wing power was greatly boosted. It seemed that overnight, the power of the royalist party almost expanded to the point that it was as good as the left-wing forces.

On the streets of France, the left wings began to shout, defend the achievements of the Paris Commune, defend the republic, defend democracy and freedom, while the right wings also took to the streets, shouting, one country, one voice, one power, one leader!

When the thoughts of all people begin to split within a country and are keen to go out to express their emotions, many things will naturally be delayed.

After losing money, people's hearts dispersed. In a delayed France, the happiest thing is naturally the vengeance of Germany.

Crown Prince Frederick and Prime Minister Bismarck, and Joey and the Arensbach Institute continued to make France chaotic.

The second input has a strange name, called Qingji Peace Margin, which comes from a distant Japan, a place that few Germans know about.

According to the German government, this was a territorial dispute between the two countries in faraway Asia, and the German government finally gave up the idea of ​​resolving conflicts with force, which he received a deposit for peace.

In return for Germany's hard work, the Japanese government voluntarily paid a peace deposit of 10 million Jinmak to the German government to maintain stability and peace in East Asia.

Can you still receive the Jinmak to maintain peace? The curiosity of all classes in Germany is aroused.

As the understanding deepened, the Germans discovered something more interesting. The payment method of the 10 million gold mark deposit was divided into two parts, and the first part of the 5 million gold mark was paid by the British government.

Why is the UK paying for Japan?

According to the German government's explanation, the Japanese government was unable to bear such a huge amount of deposit, and the Japanese government only collected the peace deposit required by Germany by lending to the UK.

The pro-German government media, which portrays this incident as the German government's efforts toward peace, is critical of the German media, believes that this behavior is too bullying and weak, and does not seem to be so gentlemanly.

No matter how the media describes it, the common German people have a lot of simple thoughts. Oh my God! A country can be extorted until it needs a loan to pay us a deposit about peace.

We feel relieved to see our German government so rogue outside.

The second part actually became a collateral. The Japanese government mortgaged a gold mine, and the German government accepted it?

A gold mine worth 5 million gold marks, that is, this gold mine must retain at least 15 tons of gold to be equivalent to the gold content of 5 million gold marks. This is still not calculated by the cost of development, machinery, transportation and labor.

What gold mine is worth 5 million gold marks?

Of course, it was at the Miocene volcanic rock belt. Joey once read an investment plan for purchasing Sumitomo Mining shares in his previous life. This plan contains a detailed analysis report on the Rikura Gold Mine.

If calculated based on reserves, the proven reserves of the Rigus Gold Mine are 170 tons, Japan ranks first and the world ranks sixth; if calculated based on grade, the Rigus Gold Mine is the world ranks first, with the average gold content per ton of ore exceeding 80 grams, and even a ton of ore has a record of several kilograms of gold.

Generally speaking, if more than 2 grams of gold per ton of ore is a gold mine worth mining.

According to the latest mineral exploration technology in the 20th century, there are the top 10 gold and rare metal deposits in the world on the volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean. Compared with this mineral belt, gold ore in Africa is not outstanding at all.

Joey really wanted to take all the top ten gold mines. After all, the report he read in his previous life was too detailed, and the specific latitude and longitude coordinates of each gold mine were written very clearly.

But when you think about it, except for the Ritsuka Gold Mine and the Porgela Gold Mine, the other gold mines are either in the United States, Canada, or Australia. These three places are places that Joey can't take anyway.

In fact, Joey didn't have much hope for the Rishika Gold Mine.

First, Japan is not a land without a border in Africa, and it is not a place where a piece of land can be occupied on a first come first served basis. If the army's supply and support are not allowed, the British will definitely not be able to avoid the British. If the British do not support it, the German navy will go around half of the earth to expedition to Japan, and most of them will lose.

Second, Germany is unlike Britain, where it has a large area of ​​colonies in East Asia as its destination, and there is also a Chinese fleet for endorsement by force. Even if it really takes over a piece of land from Japan, how to maintain it will be a headache for the Germans.

But who would have thought that Major General Dietrich's fierce and abnormal combat plan actually scared the Japanese, and British Foreign Minister Cecil rushed to Berlin at this time to reiterate the interests of the British Empire in East Asia with the Germans, so as not to forget the British Empire's sphere of influence in the Qing Dynasty after becoming friendly with the Qing Dynasty.

The unexpected occurrence of these two things actually made Joey seek an opportunity to obtain the Rimika gold mine.

In fact, rushing to Berlin to mediate the conflict between Germany and France was just a guise of Lord Cecil.

For a diplomat in the British Empire, how to build momentum, how to suppress others with power, how to take advantage of the situation, and how to take advantage of the situation are the watershed that distinguishes the excellence of diplomats from excellence.

Foreign Minister Cecil is an outstanding British diplomat who keenly seized the opportunity of the German-French conflict and hid the interests of the British Empire in East Asia under the appearance of mediating the conflict between Germany and France, forcing the Germans not to transfer enough interests to the UK, so they would not want to gain an advantage in the conflict between Germany and France.

Due to the conflict between Germany and France, the British made a move, and this move was also in the hands of Foreign Minister Cecil. They could use the power to suppress the French or the Germans. As for whom they favor, it depends on which side the UK gained more benefits.

Who made the British Empire the current world overlord and the only superpower?

This game is currently the only one that can be played.

That's right, the only game that can be used to build momentum is to play in the British Empire, but this does not mean that others cannot participate. They can only watch the British Empire want to be a winner-takes-all. So before the official meeting with Foreign Minister Cecil, Crown Prince Frederick, Prime Minister Bismarck and Joey planned early on what the Germans' interests in this game lies.

On the issue of Qing Dynasty, the Germans were very tactful and took the initiative to express their respect for Britain's sphere of influence in the Yangtze River Basin, and even kept their evil intentions. Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Germany recognized it as the British sphere of influence.

Within the British's sphere of influence, Germany did not seek to establish colonies, concessions or garrisons. When the German Navy entered the Yangtze River Basin, it was necessary to inform the British Royal Navy in advance.

In return for his tact on Germany, Foreign Minister Cecil also stated on the spot that the British agreed to become the sphere of influence of the Germans in Shandong, Northern Zhili, Shanxi and even the Northeast of the Qing Dynasty.

If you keep your evil intentions, I will dig a hole. Everyone can do it at will, it depends on who can stay awake.

Bismarck Zai refused to take the Germans to the fire and roast them.

"What a joke? Germany hasn't reached out to the world to fight against the great powers, especially Britain, when it is competing for colonies. We must pay attention to planning and keep our original intentions."

"The German Empire was less than ten years old. The experience of treating colonies, spheres of influence, and navals is not worth mentioning in front of the British, even in the eyes of France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, is also a joke."

"Countries are like a game. If you don't understand the rules of other people's games, you will break in and it is like going to a gambling game organized by a stranger with huge sums of money. In the end, this novice will only be killed by others."

"Sobering is the most important talent of a navigator. People can have goals to strive for, but they must never let greed become the driving force for progress, otherwise they will only become prey in the hunter's trap."

While Prime Minister Bismarck was sober and declined, Crown Prince Frederick was even more sober and said a new term that his youngest son Joey had been saying in his ear, "Open doors and equal opportunities."

Simply put, it is the Crown Prince Frederick that Germany's national treatment for Britain is applicable to all regions controlled by the German government, including local, colonies and spheres of influence. As a condition of reciprocity, the UK should also do so.

Cecil frowned and thought carefully for a long time against the proposal of Crown Prince Frederick, but he did not agree. After all, the Germans now have no colonies or spheres of influence. In this way, it seems that the British Empire was at a disadvantage.

But there was no rejection. After all, free trade is advocated and relied on by the British government. If one day the world is divided up, Crown Prince Frederick's proposal is completely in line with the interests of Britain in free trade.

In addition to maintaining the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty, it was the fundamental interest of the British, and maintaining stability and balance in East Asia, it was also the fundamental interest of the UK. Foreign Minister Cecil was clear about this, and Crown Prince Frederick was also clear about it and Prime Minister Bismarck.
To be continued...
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