Chapter 335 Never compromise

1888 is destined to be a wonderful year.

First, the Americans competed for territory with the Spanish. The Americans were already very powerful, surpassing the Spanish, but they hired helpers very vulgarly, a Qing Empire that many powerful people didn't see... Many people could see what the Americans were doing for. It was just to bring closer relations with the Qing government and gain the opportunity in China's huge market. To be honest, many countries are very jealous of the Americans' move because it is really effective. Look at it.

The Chinese not only sent troops to help the Americans, but also made the Americans less likely to pay the lives of many young people, but also sent the Beiyang Navy at the last moment to help the Americans grab the Philippines before the Germans... Is there any more loyal behavior than this? What the Americans paid was only 500,000 US dollars. That's not all, because the Americans gave the right gift, the Americans immediately earned the benefits again. The Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing government gave the treasure land in the Northeast to the Americans as soon as they let go.

The American series of encounters made almost all the great powers’ eyes red and purple.

Especially Britain, France and Germany. The British said that since the Opium War, they tried their best to enter mainland China to explore the market. They did not hesitate to be a "drug dealer" for this. However, for decades, they could only wander around a few coastal cities, and it was extremely difficult to extend their hands to the inland China. What about the French? In order to half of Vietnam and to open a channel in southwestern China, they did not hesitate to go to war with the Chinese, spending a lot of military spending, paying huge sacrifices, and even paying the price of the fall of the cabinet, and only received a compensation.

However, although Britain and France were depressed, they were better than Germany. In the Spanish-American War, the Americans won, and William II wanted to get a bargain. The warships were sent out, but in the end they could only watch the Beiyang navy take over the Philippines. Originally, if the Chinese really snatched the Philippines, they would have nothing to say. After all, they were quick, and there were two battleships in Beiyang. In this era when only battleships could deal with the battleships, the five warships they sent were really not as good as winning. But the Chinese were stupid and gave the Philippines to the Americans, and the price was only 500,000 US dollars. God's mother's, the Americans got it from the Spanish.

It was also costing 12 million US dollars to go to the Philippines, but it was still a bare-selling... It is said that when William II got the news, he almost vomited blood, and kept regretting that he was so stupid that he just wanted to send a warship, but he didn't think about sending someone to discuss with the Spanish and spending some money in advance to buy the Philippines. The Philippines is an important military stronghold in the Far East. Not to mention 12 million US dollars, 21 million US dollars are all cheap. But the Americans only spent 500,000 US dollars to get it from the Chinese, and also spared the Northeast... Is this his, Cleveland and Cixi not a relative, right?

Of course, the great powers did not know why Americans could get so much advantage. After all, it was because of themselves... In the past few decades, they have been bullying the Qing government. After finally, they have produced an American and are willing to treat others with a more equal attitude. Of course, they are grateful. And the most important thing is that, for all, the Qing government has only paid compensation for compensation, but the Americans are willing to spend money on the other side. This naturally greatly satisfys those guys who only hide in their own beds and dream about it. Not to mention the Northeast, if Americans are willing to spend more money, it is probably not difficult to spare the Northwest.

However, Americans can put aside their pride and "pleased" the Qing government, but Britain, France and Germany cannot do the same thing.

Why?

Everyone has never suffered the losses of the Chinese! Faced with these great powers, the Qing government had never had the only way to cede land and pay compensation and kneel down to beg for mercy. This made them develop a strong habit in the Far East, and used to using tough attitudes and methods to force those itchy guys to do things according to their wishes. Over the years of experience have also made the people of their countries accustomed to the feeling of being arrogant when facing China. If their government adopts the same method as the Americans, it will definitely make the people very dissatisfied and detrimental to the government's support rate.

But Americans are different. Americans have suffered losses in the hands of Chinese people, so many large baskets of radish can be filled. Washington State is almost no one calls, everyone only knows one "Tangzhou". Moreover, this Tangzhou has always been very strong when facing the Washington government and the American people... The Chinese used their fists to make Americans clearly realize that the Chinese cannot bully. And they are all Chinese, so it is natural that Americans can also accept that the government will give certain equal treatment when facing the Qing government... Even though they know that the Qing government is different from Tangzhou, everyone can accept the performance of the Chinese people in Tangzhou.

Therefore, even if Britain, France and Germany know what the advantages of the Americans are, they can't learn it. We can't find a group of Chinese to beat them up, right? The United States has paid nearly 100,000 young people for this, not including politicians such as governors, mayors, and former presidents.

However, although we cannot learn from the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries can force the United States to give up its "exclusive rights" over the Northeast... The Qing government could not stand the joint pressure from various countries. It has already said that as long as the countries are willing to pay, they can also agree to the countries who start mining, build factories, and do business in the Northeast. No countries are willing to pay. Therefore, the Qing government asked them to find Americans themselves, saying that they had handed over all these powers to Americans, and as long as the Americans are willing to share with other countries, they will not object.

This move is very rogue and has no sense of sovereignty. It can be called a model of a bastard. But it has to be admitted that this move is really effective on the current Qing government. Because, rather than facing the great powers alone, it is better to hold the Americans together... In the face of such a situation, although I am unwilling to argue with the great powers to protect China's sovereignty, the United States is also very unwilling to give up its advantages in the Northeast. Therefore, they have been dragging it all and are unwilling to negotiate with the great powers on this matter. All countries still have no way to deal with the United States... Because now, except for the construction of the South Manchuria Railway in Tangzhou, the United States has not started any business in the Northeast, and there is no economic benefit. Half of them are

The landlords have not even started their actions, and they are useless to worry. They can't go to war directly, right? That's like pushing the United States and Russia together, and maybe the Qing Dynasty will be added... You know, the recent performance of the Qing government is very impressive. It can actually train an army comparable to the second-rate power. Once they push Americans into anger and make Americans angry, they will instead support the Qing court to carry out large-scale reorganization of Chinese troops. Wouldn't it be unhappy for everyone to make themselves feel uncomfortable? Besides, even if the Americans are not forced to force Tangzhou, it is not a good thing. Although the power of those lunatics is just to make Americans afraid, it cannot affect other powers, but they cannot resist the wealth and skills, right?

Therefore, the struggle for Northeast China has reached a diplomatic deadlock. The Qing government was very satisfied with the performance of the Americans and believed that these Americans were worthy of handing over. Empress Dowager Cixi also summoned the US ambassador to China to express it. As a result, this made the Cleveland government's position in Northeast China more firm... It turned out that these Qing government ministers were so easy to fool, and they only needed to sell some face to earn such great benefits. So why bother to threaten and use force? Persist more, wait until you really can't hold on anymore. Anyway, the benefits will be more than one day. Besides, what if you can't hold on yourself? You can come if you Britain, France and Germany say that you can come? The Qing government's look, let the local government and the people give you a "non-violent and non-cooperation campaign" to make you mute and have no way to say that you have any hardships.

Therefore, the diplomatic incident in Northeast China led to the feud between Britain, France, Germany and the United States. Although everyone has not cut off diplomatic relations because of this, and has not cut off all exchanges because of this, it is just a problem in diplomacy for the time being, but that is only a matter of time. After all, Tangzhou's intention to carry out large-scale development of the Northeast is so obvious. If everyone cannot get a piece of the pie, how can they deserve the word "imperialism"?

The British government refused to deliver three cruisers from Tangzhou, and instructed some people to sue the Tangzhou Institute for Machinery theft of British advanced technology in the London court. This happened under such a background... Rather than being angry that Tangzhou secretly took action and spread important technologies such as welding, causing huge losses to the UK, it is better to say that the British government wanted to put pressure on the United States, especially Tangzhou, in this way, and then seize huge benefits in Northeast China.

However, in the face of the provocations of the British, Tangzhou obviously had no intention of giving in. While Seattle was looking for a clever lawyer for the Institute of Mechanical Research and preparing to go to the UK for hearing the court, they did something that many people could not imagine: they forcibly annexed the Sandwich Islands, namely the Hawaiian Islands.

In August 1888, a group of Chinese on Oahu, led by two local merchants named Chen and Fang, placed the Hawaiian king Karakava who was invited to inspect, and then claimed that they had received the king's decree to expel the Church Party and the "Hawaiian Alliance" that once threatened Karakava by force from the Kingdom of Hawaii. The Church Party and the "Hawaiian Alliance" are the two major forces in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Since 1887, the Church Party has been very disappointed with King Karakava, and accused the king of being a squandering king for the increase in national debt. Some foreign forces also intend to force Karakava to abdicate and be succeeded by Princess Lydia. In addition, there are some intentions.

The monarchy was completely terminated and the United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands. It advocated the annexation of the people to form the "Hawaiian Alliance" and completed the armed assembly within 1887. King Karakava was frightened by the armed forces displayed by the Lord and was forced to sign a new constitution, namely the "Battler Constitution of 1887". This constitution greatly weakened the executive power of the Hawaiian king. It stipulated that the legislature could revoke the veto power owned by the king. In addition, all actions of the king must be signed by the deputy cabinet. The noble house, that is, the legislative body designated by the king, must be elected in an election manner. This constitution also incorporates a clause - allowing non-Hawaiian referendums.

It can be said that the behavior of the two major merchants surnamed Fang and Chen is indeed in line with Karakava's position, but this behavior is provoking the two powerful factions in Hawaii. So soon, their behavior was counterattacked by the two powerful factions. The Church Party and the Hawaiian Alliance each organized armed forces to enter Oahu, announced the suppression of the rebellion, and claimed to eliminate the Chinese forces. It can be said that if nothing unexpected happened, the two powerful factions could easily complete their own

Set the target and "rescue" King Karakava. However, the Church Party and the Hawaiian Alliance obviously ignored the forces behind the Chinese merchants on Oahu. Their troops had just landed and were surrounded by a Chinese army that suddenly appeared. Then, they were defeated and surrendered... Afterwards, a battleship painted white all over appeared near Honolulu, fiercely deterring all forces that wanted to move, including those American merchants and British armed merchant ships.

Afterwards, Karakava returned to her palace under the "protection" of the Chinese troops, and announced to all Hawaii that she would go to the United States for recuperation due to physical reasons. All affairs of the kingdom were temporarily handed over to her sister Princess Lydia, and at the same time announced that the Pearl Harbor Concession would be given to Tangzhou...

The entire power seizure was like a sequel. Before everyone could react, Hawaii became the territory of Tangzhou.

This made all the parties involved extremely angry.

Because, since the arrival of British and American missionaries in Hawaii in 1830, all countries have the intention of annexing this island country. As time goes by, it is not only Britain and the United States that want to annex Hawaii, but also Japan... Especially Japan, in the past few decades, immigrated to Hawaii in large numbers, hoping to achieve its goal. At that time, the United States was not very strong, and was forced to first recognize the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1842, so that Japan could not forcibly annexing Hawaii, because if that were the case, the United States would rebel against the United States.

The reason for invasion intervened. But the United States blocked Japan, but could not stop the British and French powers. In 1843, the British government publicly claimed that Britain had the sovereignty of Hawaii. In 1849, the French government claimed that it occupied Hawaii and had part of the sovereignty of Hawaii... Everyone knows the importance of Hawaii. Even Japan, although it was a little short of it, never gave up its efforts. Three years ago, in 1885, a transit treaty was successfully signed with the Kingdom of Hawaii, causing a large number of Japanese working people to enter the archipelago.

But no one expected that after so many years of preparation and thinking about Hawaii for so many years, the major powers who had not taken action yet, Tangzhou, who appeared at the latest, had just started to speak first, and swallowed the entire Hawaii in one mouthful, without even a hair left.

Japan believed that Tangzhou's behavior was obviously "invasion", and called on countries around the world to put pressure on Tangzhou, or even directly interfere with force; France was extremely angry about Tangzhou's behavior, claiming that Tangzhou should withdraw all its troops in Hawaii, otherwise the consequences would be borne by one's own consequences; the US government also expressed dissatisfaction with Tangzhou, but the words were not fierce, and it only proposed to hand over Hawaii to federal troops to station, and also believed that the federal navy should also be in Pearl Harbor... Only Britain, the maritime overlord who everyone expected to respond the most intensely, had no sound.

So, after a while of clamor, all countries began to remain silent. They knew that the British were angry with the group of lunatics in Tangzhou and did not speak out, obviously trying to take action directly.

Everyone was waiting.

Sure enough, the British took action. First, the Royal Navy frequently appeared on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Then, British Prime Minister Salisbury publicly announced that he would increase his investment in the Royal Navy and further expand the strength of the Royal Navy.

Tangzhou is not willing to be outdone. Governor Li Asheng announced that the Red Corps will conduct military exercises on the border between Tangzhou and Vancouver, and countries are welcome to send observation teams to visit...

The British government was furious, and immediately, the Royal Navy approached Colombia, and the British garrison in Canada also began to march west along the railway. At the same time, a Royal Navy squadron also sailed from Australia to Hawaii.

The war seemed to be about to break out.

But the United Kingdom and Tangzhou have not yet expressed their opinions, but the US government can't hold on. Cleveland first proposed a bill to parliament to expand the federal navy and increase military spending under the pressure of Whitney and Sampson, and sent people to put pressure on Tangzhou, demanding that the Tangzhou government maintain restraint and not to escalate the situation to an uncontrollable level.

However, no one in Tangzhou paid attention to the frightened president. On the second day after the British troops stationed in Canada headed west, the Red Corps once again drove into Canada and headed east along the Canadian Pacific Railway. It continued to cross the two provinces of Ekaba and Saskatchewan and entered Manitoba, which was very intention to occupy all the grassland provinces. At the same time, Tangzhou also held emergency negotiations with the Colombian government. Soon, the two announced an alliance... The Colombian army began to assemble and deploy defenses along the coast. At the same time, the Red Corps Mountain Division stationed in Panama also set out to the north and forcibly entered Costa Rica, posing as a stance to wipe out all the British forces in Central America.

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"You are playing with fire, forcing the British to start a war with you..."

It was just for a new technology, and it was so frustrating. Britain and Tangzhou each adopted extremely tough policies, which made the US government feel troubled. It was obviously impossible to use Britain to deal with Tangzhou. The "using barbarians to control barbarians" can only be played by the Qing government. The United States cannot afford to lose that person, but helping Tangzhou to deal with Britain is not something the Americans are willing to do. Not to mention whether they can win in the end, even if they win, the losses will definitely be huge, exceeding the country's tolerance. After all, the United States has no sea control power. Therefore, Cleveland

He could only pin his hopes on diplomatic means... On the one hand, he sent an ambassador to request the French and German governments, hoping that the two countries could mediate; on the other hand, he sent Seattle Police Chief Theodore Roosevelt to persuade Guo Jinzhang, the actual leader of Tangzhou, to pull the madman back from the current wrong path. But, let alone Roosevelt, even Cleveland knew that such persuasion might not have any effect. Who doesn't know that that guy was a famous "crazy man"? If a madman could be persuaded, would he still be called a madman?

But if you just look at it like this, wouldn’t it be a big battle?

"War starts when the war begins. Are we still afraid that they will succeed? Moreover, how do you know that we will be the one who defeated the war?" Sure enough, Guo Jinzhang, as always, never compromised.

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