Edo Traveler
Vol 12 Chapter 70: UK diplomacy changes
This has to say about the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. The foreign policy of the British Empire has only two core policies. It has been implemented since the nineteenth century.
One is the continental equilibrium policy.
One is the strategy of maintaining the maritime hegemony of the vast colonies in the world outside Europe.
Continental equilibrium, everyone knows this very well. Because of the attack on the Dutch, the British united the French and the Spanish, fought three Anglo-Dutch wars, and even opened the dam and directly flooded the Dutch city. In short, they did everything they could to do the Dutch's emerging maritime hegemony.
Then there was Napoleon, the British gave the Prussians a lot of money to arm the Prussian army. He continued to support the guerrillas fighting in the Spanish region and harassed the French. Even Austria and Russia took a lot of British aid and used the anti-French alliance seven times, and finally got Napoleon down.
The most recent time, the shogunate has also seen it, the Crimean War. Tsarist Russia continued to claim the Eastern Orthodox faith areas in southern Europe, trying to occupy Constantinople and even Jerusalem. It not only affected the border security of the three countries of Prussia and Turkey, but also pushed the United Kingdom, which regards the Mediterranean Sea as an inland sea, to the opposite side.
So Britain pulled almost all of Europe, and beat up Tsarist Russia again, killing hundreds of thousands of Tsarist Russia, forcing the Tsarist Tsar to death, causing Tsarist Russia to lose all the armed forces in the Black Sea and no longer threaten the Mediterranean.
And the problem is precisely here!
According to Chuemon's own understanding, the British implement the continental equilibrium policy, which is very in line with his own interests, and there is nothing wrong with it. But some people in the UK themselves feel that this is wrong and inappropriate.
Because in the eyes of that part of the British, Tsarist Russia is an important part of the influence of the British Empire in the world's maritime hegemony. Although in Central Asia, the two sides have launched a big game, but it is precisely because of the northern neighbor of Tsarist Russia. Only the United Kingdom can appear carelessly in the courts of Turkey, Persia, and Afghanistan, and intervene in their domestic politics in the name of protecting their freedom and beliefs.
You have to make Tsarist Russia look like a bear and have the power to threaten these countries, and make these countries feel that I can't live without bringing Britain, and actively move closer to bringing Britain. Only in this way is it in line with the interests of the British to maintain the hegemony of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and other places, and it can also enhance the influence of the British here.
This part of people believes that the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Far East and Central Asia does not increase his strength much. In particular, there are vast uninhabited areas in the above-mentioned areas, and after occupation, there is no output.
Only on the surface, threats and intimidation of those monarchs in Central Asia will not make it more difficult for Britain to deal with Tsarist Russia.
So if Tsarist Russia wants to eat the land in the Far East, even if it is one million square kilometers or two million square kilometers, it doesn't matter, he can eat whatever he wants. Eating is no man's land, just to give him a little light on his face, it is impossible to let the 100,000 army of Tsarodora come out.
Here is a conflict!
Those who believe in the balance of power in Europe and the continent believe that the development of Tsarist Russia must be restrained and blocked everywhere, so that it cannot be allowed to expand. Those who focus on the world outside Europe think that they can let Tsarist Russia expand a little in Central Asia and the Far East, blind the eyes of Tsarist Russia with a vast no-man’s land, and then allow the British to profit from it.
Although Daiying also competed for colonies, he mainly competed for those important sea traffic routes that maintained his maritime hegemony, as well as colonies that could become his raw material supply and commodity dumping grounds.
The Tsarist Russia ignored it and ate wherever there was, and he had to "protect" the place close to his Tsarist Russia. It is so now, and it will be so in the future.
so…
Gu Lian
No, Elgin is the faction of the balance of power in the European continent, and Ali is the faction of the world outside Europe...
Depend on! What happened to you taking Ying? Why did the Tokugawa shogunate send two envoys to Japan with completely different tendencies? This is not a joke. Generally speaking, foreign policy will not be easily changed unless the international situation has changed.
What is the current international situation? Chuemon can't think of a big change in the situation. At least for the time being, nothing major has happened that will affect the international situation.
"Since Shangqi said so, is there something wrong in the UK?" Zu Liu thought for a while.
If there is nothing in the world, then there is something in the UK.
"In the UK?" Chuemon thought for a while, but didn't come up with anything.
"Yes! Britain's Palmerston cabinet collapsed and was replaced by an Earl of Derby." Matsudaira Qixuan suddenly remembered the old news he heard when he and the French envoy were visiting Kobe last year.
"Count Derby!" Chuemon was slightly taken aback.
Lord Palmerston served as Prime Minister of the British Empire from 1855 to 1865, and his regime was very long. But during those ten years, for about nine months, there was a transitional government, the Cabinet of the Earl of Derby.
The so-called Earl of Derby is Edward Smith-Stanley, the fourteenth Earl of Derby (edward; geoffreysmith-stanley, 14thearlofderby, March 29, 1799 - October 23, 1869). He served as the Prime Minister of the British Empire three times, but the three times did not add up to three years.
It seems to be a person who can accept all aspects of the standard, but does not do much.
Once there is a political crisis, there is no way for all parties to compromise, or there will be no winner or loser for a while. On the public push the Earl of Derby, and then a temporary transitional rule. The Earl of Derby's cabinet tends to collapse quickly when others gain power again.
Could it be that this Ali is from the Earl of Derby?
It seems that the Earl of Derby held a position on the Irish side, as well as the Colonial Chancellor with the British Empire. UU reading www. uukanshu.com He has his own foreign policy, and his policy wants to contradict his predecessor, Lord Palmerston.
The Earl of Elgin was a member of Lord Palmerston, so he was united with Lord Palmerston's cabinet. The country of Ali is the earl of Derby, so it is unified with the cabinet of the earl of Derby.
Maybe this is the answer to the question? Political changes in the UK have involved the Tokugawa shogunate. But what impact will such a change have on the shogunate and the situation in the Far East?
also unknown...
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Some readers pointed out that Alcock and Ali Guo should be the same person. I went to check the Japanese chicken feeding and found that it was true. But the plot has come to this point, and there is no way to change it. I can only say sorry to everyone, I didn't check the information carefully when I checked the information, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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