Use Francisco Lopez to contain Argentina!
Not only Argentina was restrained, but Brazil was also restrained.
In South America, at least east of the Andes, the only two real powerful countries are Brazil and Argentina, and the others are just foils.
If Nanhua wants to gain a foothold and develop here, it will conflict with them sooner or later. In this case, appropriately using some contradictions to contain them will of course be beneficial to its own development.
"When playing chess, no matter how small the chess piece is, it will always be useful. The only question is how useful it can be!"
The Lord's words made Zuo Zongtang nod.
"My lord, although Paraguay is not as powerful as Argentina, it is called the "Prussia" of South America by the world. Even Argentina and Brazil are afraid of it. If it can form an alliance with him, it should be able to contain Argentina. Especially last year, Paraguay
After Francisco Lopez inherited the great dictatorship, he changed the old Lopez's flexible foreign policy, and I thought that he would definitely have a conflict with Argentina in the future."
Zuo Zongtang's analysis made Zhu Xianhai nod with satisfaction. They may have never heard of South America in the past, but now they have been working hard to change themselves and understand the situation and situation of South American countries through various channels.
While studying the political situation, we study diplomacy and adapt to changes in the world.
In fact, there is nothing complicated about diplomacy. The key is to understand the other party. Only after having the most basic understanding can we make corresponding judgments based on the situation.
Just like the judgment Zuo Zongtang is making now! Without the corresponding understanding, he would not know what kind of judgment he should make.
"This also means that we can completely use Paraguay's hand to contain Argentina."
"That's true."
Zhu Xianhai, who understands history, how could he not know that that guy was absolutely in control. In 1853, Lopez was sent by his father to Europe to purchase arms. In Paris, he met Napoleon III, and was then governed by his "Wenzhi"
I was so obsessed with "Martial Arts" that I inspired to be the "Napoleon III" of South America. I really don't understand this guy. He is obviously known as the "Prussia" of South America. He is not obsessed with Frederick the Great, but is obsessed with the three-legged cat Napoleon III. But Xiao Luo
Pez was lucky and did not have the opportunity to see his idol being beaten up by the Prussians later.
Then what?
After taking the throne last year, he began to want to imitate Nasan and control the wind and rain in South America. He wanted to achieve ordinary great things, but he was not strong enough. In the end, he was beaten to the point of almost annihilation of the country.
However, for Zhu Xianhai, it is not important whether Paraguay is extinct. What is important is that he needs the war next year. He needs that war to divert the attention of Argentina, Brazil and other countries, and to consume their strength. Only in this way,
Only then can the balance of strength between the two sides be fundamentally changed.
"But forming an alliance is not necessary for the time being..."
Shaking his head, Zhu Xianhai said.
"For the time being, we are just sending an envoy to visit Paraguay to establish contact first. The dictator is an arrogant master. He must not look down on us at the moment. As for the layout, he is not afraid of being slow...
"
Then he looked at Zuo Zongtang and said.
"Now you seem to have some understanding of the political situation in South American countries. How about it? Do you want to go on a staff trip?"
"Staff trip?"
Zuo Zongtang said doubtfully.
"Yes, but not to Chile or Argentina, but to Europe, to England, France, and Prussia. Visit these countries and understand the local customs and political situation. After all, the world is a chessboard, and small countries are here.
There are chess pieces on the chessboard that can be manipulated by others. The real chess players are the big countries in Europe. I hope you can go to Europe to visit. By the way, how about meeting our international students in Europe? Are you interested?"
Visit Europe!
Zuo Zongtang was stunned for a while, then immediately agreed.
"This is what I wish for."
In fact, after witnessing modern industrial civilization in Nanhua, Zuo Zongtang was also full of curiosity about Europe. He always wanted to visit Europe and experience the customs and customs of various European countries.
For Zhu Xianhai, he hoped that Zuo Zongtang and his party could realize that through inspections of European countries, only by humbly learning from the West can the country be truly strong. Just like Japan's Iwakura Mission in history, they would devote all their energy to
Used it to conduct on-the-spot investigations into various aspects of politics, economy, military, culture and education in Western countries, and learned the "know-how" of the law of the jungle in international politics.
When did the fate of China and Japan begin to unfold?
It started with the Meiji Restoration, when Japan chose to "seek knowledge from the world" and sent the Iwakura mission to conduct in-depth inspections of European and American countries. What was the Manchu Qing doing at that time?
They are still obsessed with the dream of "the Kingdom of Heaven", let alone "Chinese learning is the body and Western learning is the application". They don't even know why the Western countries are strong. They just keep signing treasonous treaties with others.
Not to mention signing unequal treaties with European powers, South American countries are also not left behind. They have all signed unequal treaties. Even Nepal, which is separated by the Himalayas, can be considered a great power. This is what the former vassal countries can do.
Sitting on the neck of my Qing Dynasty and shitting. I also signed an unequal treaty with others, and it was a few years ago - in 1856, the Qing Dynasty and Nepal signed an unequal treaty - the "Tibetan-Nepal Treaty", and Nepal gained extraterritoriality and
Trade privileges and receive a certain amount of coins every year.
Several decades later, in 1891, Nepal continued to obtain various privileges such as the right to station troops in Tibet, permanent lease rights, and cultural privileges.
Well, there is also the Congo Free State, separated by the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean, which can also allow me to sign unequal treaties.
What's this?
Tang poetry, Song poetry, Ming novels, and Qing Dynasty treaties!
Not to mention, if the filial sons and grandsons were not afraid of people knowing, the study of the treaty might actually become a 21st century subject classification, and it may not be possible to support many people.
Without him, there are so many!
What is my Qing Dynasty?
I don’t know about the martial arts, but I will definitely sell it to the country every time and sign every treaty! After studying so many treaties one by one, maybe I can create a science "Qing Treaty Science".
In the final analysis, what is the reason?
On the one hand, it’s because of the country’s lack of strength; on the other hand, it’s because of ignorance of the outside world.
Therefore, Zhu Xianhai hoped that Zuo Zongtang and the others could visit foreign countries, and through visiting and learning, they could seriously experience the world and understand international politics.
It is obviously unrealistic to just rely on one person to think independently to promote changes in Nanhua. Therefore, he needs to send out his future team to focus all his attention on a detailed inspection of the West like the Iwakura Mission.
It took one year plus ten months to inspect 12 countries including the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, which cost one million yen—accounting for more than 2% of the Meiji government's fiscal revenue in 1872. Let them go through detailed inspections
, intuitively feel the changes in the world, and understand the future of the world. Only in this way can they truly abandon their old baggage and welcome the arrival of this age of great conflict...
Of course, if we want to welcome this age of great strife, what ultimately depends on it?
It depends on national strength!
And what does national strength depend on? Of course it is industry!
This chapter has been completed!