Burying the Great Qing
Chapter 490 Always Playing Games! The strategy proposed by Fox was, in a way, an ancestral skill of the Anglo-Saxon bandits.
During the second full-scale conflict on this small planet, it was precisely by relying on this ancestral skill of isolation and disruption that the United States successfully tricked England, France, and the Hans cat, and incidentally, the Russian Tsar as well.
One could even say that while the second full-scale conflict on this small planet was ostensibly started by the Hans cat, the true mastermind was the United States, and although the Allies appeared to have won in the end, the only true winner was the United States.
The truth of a matter often becomes clear only after a long time has passed.
For example, many of the United States' godchildren strongly praise the United States' significant aid to the Bear – the Bear here refers to the behemoth before its disintegration, the one that once made the entire Western world gasp for breath.
In the eyes of the United States' godchildren and god-nephews, the United States' vigorous assistance to the Bear made an indelible contribution to the second full-scale conflict on this small planet.
However, is this truly the case?
The answer is no.
In 1918, as the first full-scale conflict on this small planet came to an end, the Hans cat, as the culprit of World War I, naturally suffered severe punishment from the Allied Powers. Not only did it cede vast territories and lose all its colonies, but it also shouldered a heavy debt burden. England and France, in order to make the Hans cat compensate for their losses, took the Hans cat's ships, precious metals, and machinery as debt repayment, leaving the Hans cat on the verge of collapse.
However, just as the Hans cat was about to perish, the United States, located on the continent of Yin Di An, provided vigorous assistance to the Hans cat, injecting a shot of adrenaline into its resurgence.
First, the United States provided the Hans cat with a huge amount of funds.
After the First World War, European countries such as England and France owed the United States a mountain of debt. The United States became the world's largest creditor nation, and England and France, having been severely weakened by the First World War, were temporarily unable to repay their debts. Therefore, England and France pinned their hopes of repayment on the Hans cat, because the Hans cat needed to pay enormous war reparations to England and France.
However, the economic impact of the war was not limited to England and France; the Hans cat's economy was also severely damaged, and coupled with the ruthless plunder of the Hans cat by England and France after the war, the Hans cat was also unable to pay reparations after the war.
At this point, the situation became that England and France owed money to the United States, and the Hans cat owed money to England and France.
A perfect bilateral debt was thus formed.
In order to recover the debt, the United States had to provide assistance to the Hans cat and support its reconstruction.
To help the Hans cat recover its economy, the United States provided huge loans and made massive investments. In just one "Dawes Plan," the Hans cat received 32.6 billion marks in loans, of which seventy percent were investments from the United States. During this period, the Hans cat paid only 11.4 billion marks in war reparations. What were the extra more than twenty billion used for?
Secondly, the United States provided the Hans cat with a large amount of technical and equipment support.
As early as the 1920s, American and British monopoly capital began to help the Hans cat acquire advanced technologies such as the refining of synthetic gasoline and synthetic rubber, which was very important for the Hans cat, which lacked oil and rubber resources.
In 1933, the American arms company, DuPont, even sold aircraft engines and fighter jets to the Hans cat.
Between 1933 and 1939, more than sixty American companies cooperated with the Hans cat's military enterprises, providing them with various technologies ranging from ceramics and lubricants to automobiles, aircraft, and tanks, which provided great assistance to the industrial and technological development of the Hans cat. By the time of the second full-scale conflict on this small planet, much of the technology used by the Hans cat originated from the United States or had received assistance from the United States.
Third, the United States provided the Hans cat with much-needed natural resources and strategic materials such as petroleum, non-ferrous metals, and iron ore, which were very important for the resource-scarce Hans cat.
For example, Aluminum Company of America sold 60% of its aluminum production to the Hans cat.
In addition, American consortia also provided sponsorship to Adolf and the Nazi Party led by him, such as providing the most expensive propaganda funds for the Nazi Party.
According to a booklet published in the Netherlands in November 1933, around the time Adolf came to power, American consortia such as Ford and Rockefeller provided up to 32 million US dollars in funding to Hitler. Who would believe that there was no cooperation between Wall Street and the Nazi Party?
The United States' godchildren and god-nephews might say that the United States misjudged the situation and ended up fostering a tiger.
However, when analyzing the situation in conjunction with the fact that the economic assistance provided by the United States to the Hans cat was specifically increased by more than twenty billion, as well as various industrial aids, and considering the overall situation on this small planet at the time, another completely different conclusion can be drawn: the United States intentionally supported the Hans cat before the second conflict.
This is because before the second full-scale conflict, the situation on this small planet had tended to stabilize. The colonies that could be carved up in the world had basically been divided by the old European powers such as England and France. The United States, as a rising power, had already lost the opportunity to carve up colonies – this meant that old powers like England and France were feasting, while the United States could only watch.
Could this be tolerated?
Of course not.
As the saying goes, enduring for a moment leads to more anger later, and stepping back leads to more loss later.
The United States, believing it was qualified to carve up this small planet, naturally was unwilling to stand by and watch others feast. However, at that time, the United States could not defeat England and France. Direct forceful seizure would only result in a beating.
So, what should be done in this situation?
It's easy!
As England's godson, the United States had perfectly mastered the ancestral skills of the Anglo-Saxon bandits.
Isolation and disruption!
First, isolate oneself on the continent of Yin Di An and diligently cultivate internal strength, indicating that the United States had no intention of participating in your power struggle games and only wanted to do business honestly. This was the first step of isolation, similar to the strategy of accumulating grain and delaying the declaration of kingship by Zhu Chongba back then.
Next, vigorously support the Hans cat, provide money, equipment, and technology. While supporting the Hans cat, vigorously support the Bear as well – as the Hans cat grew stronger, wouldn't England and France become nervous? Compared to the Hans cat, the Bear had been rivals with England and France and other European countries for many years. Moreover, they had two completely different systems and beliefs. Supporting the Bear directly touched upon a certain indescribable point for England and France and other European countries.
Later developments also basically followed the United States' script.
When the Hans cat accumulated a certain amount of strength, student Adolf directly attacked the European countries and announced that he would avenge the past humiliation. While avenging, he dragged the Bear into the water, and the entire Europe was in a frenzy.
At the same time, the dwarfs, who had also received support from the United States, could not sit still and intended to take over the entire Central Plains territory in three months.
Look, the two spheres of influence on this small planet, the United States and the dwarfs, had started fighting. And the United States? The United States sat firmly on the continent of Yin Di An, selling arms left and right, eating from both sides, reaping the benefits of both sides, and watching the old European powers exhaust their national strength.
In this process, the support provided to the Hans cat and the dwarfs by the United States was limited – they could become stronger, but not exceptionally strong. Their overall strength was still weaker than that of the old powers like England and France.
Therefore, the failure of the Hans cat and the dwarfs was a foregone conclusion.
Finally, as the second full-scale conflict approached its end, the United States would then openly step forward and claim the fruits of victory.
The League of Nations, initiated by England and France, naturally dissolved due to "lack of prestige and insufficient strength to convince the masses," and the small pot system planned by the United States naturally began to operate.
Therefore, the entire second full-scale conflict on this small planet had only one victor, and that was the United States.
The United States weakened the strength of other countries through the second full-scale conflict, and at the same time, through a series of maneuvers, it caused other countries to release their colonies. Everyone could sit down and share the spoils again!
Moreover, most of the other countries had exhausted their strength in the second full-scale conflict, with only the United States sitting in a prime position, eating from one household to the next. The final result was naturally that the United States could eat the most and the most.
It's just that the way the United States chose to play was not direct colonization, but economic colonization.
The current game that Fox proposed is basically the same as what the United States played – England did not directly declare war but provided ammunition and economic assistance to the Russians, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans from behind the scenes, allowing them to fight the Great Ming to the death.
When the few of them and the Great Ming could no longer fight, and could no longer fight, it would naturally be time for England to step forward and reap the harvest.
In Fox's view, even if they could not directly replace the Great Ming's status in the martial world, they could at least prevent the Great Ming from coveting England and thus ensure that England's interests were not lost.
However, although Fox's strategy was brilliant, whether it could truly be implemented still depended on George III's choice.
If George III truly wanted England to become stronger, then everything would be fine. But if George III, because of the few hats on his head, intended to fight the Great Ming to the bitter end?
It was precisely for this reason that Fox asked George III why he was preparing to declare war on the Great Ming.
George III could also see the brilliance of this strategy. However, George III could not help but hesitate – although the feeling of controlling everything from behind the scenes was very satisfying, those few green hats on his head...
After much deliberation, George III nodded and said, "Let's do it this way. I will send someone to contact Alexander and Franz II to explain the situation."
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There is an old saying in the Central Plains that "coincidence makes a book."
While George III and Fox were researching how to control everything from behind the scenes, using the Russians, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans to consume the Great Ming's strength, the United States on the continent of Yin Di An was also harboring the same plan.
At this time, the leader of the United States had passed from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, then to James Monroe, and finally to John Quincy Adams.
John Quincy Adams was the eldest son of the second leader of the United States, John Adams, and becoming the sixth leader of the United States was considered a continuation of his father's legacy.
However, unlike his father, old John Adams, who liked luxury, enjoyment, and blindly worshipped the Great Ming, wishing to replicate all of the Great Ming's etiquette in the United States, young student Adams preferred to study law and adhered to the Monroe Doctrine.
The so-called Monroe Doctrine was actually a set of views conceived and developed by young Adams when he served as Secretary of State to the fifth leader of the United States, James Monroe. That is to say, European powers and a certain indescribable country should no longer colonize the continent of Yin Di An, nor should they interfere in the affairs between Yin Di An countries. The United States maintained neutrality in the conflicts between other countries. If anyone brought the flames of war to the continent of Yin Di An, it would be considered an enemy of the United States.
The core emphasis of this thing was: I, the United States, can hide on the continent of Yin Di An and scheme against you, but you cannot reach your hands over here, otherwise, I, the United States, will chop off your paws!
Now, the problem arises: Emperor Zhu had long ago tricked young Adams' father, old Adams, into submission. Although Thomas Jefferson, who succeeded his father as president, had also considered a confrontation with the Great Ming, the result of his defiance was obvious: Jefferson was also taught a lesson, and the Emperor of the Great Ming even arranged for the King of Qin and the King of Jin to be enfeoffed near the United States.
Now that young Adams wanted to implement the Monroe Doctrine, the King of Qin and the King of Jin of the Great Ming became stumbling blocks in young Adams' eyes.
And there is a more important reason: who are the consortia in the United States?
As everyone knows, the ruling groups in the United States are divided into Democrats and Republicans, but behind both the Democrats and the Republicans, there is a common boss, called the financial magnates.
Financial magnates do not refer to a specific person or family, but a group.
Coincidentally, most of the bosses of the financial magnates in the United States are Jews.
And Emperor Zhu... once ordered the clean-up of all Jews in Tiao Jin Alley.
To say that the bosses of the financial magnates in the United States would dare to declare war directly on Emperor Zhu is pure nonsense, but to say that they do not hate Emperor Zhu is pure nonsense of nonsense.
In other words, the bosses of the financial magnates in the United States have a past grudge with Emperor Zhu!
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