v3 Chapter 410： Colonies are not easy to rule?

On July 16, 1868, the French government was bombarded by Napoleon III who was very dissatisfied with Spain's actions, so he was hesitating whether to participate in the exercises off the Philippines hosted by Spain.

Obviously, this is a temptation to threaten xing.

Queen Isabel II of Spain was very dissatisfied after hearing about it.

The current diplomatic circle of the Spanish government also believes that the French Empire only emphasizes a "constructive role" and takes a negative attitude towards Spain, instead of exerting any actual influence. Instead, it actively curbs Spain's inclination towards neutral diplomacy.

Many Spanish diplomatic experts said that in the past, Spain took too much care of the core interests of the French Empire, but the French Empire did not consider Spain's position. Therefore, the need for the Kingdom of Spain to adopt a new foreign policy is not an issue of anti-France and pro-France, but to improve the recognition of Spanish diplomacy. Know.

After the middle of the 19th century, the world was facing unprecedented difficulties. After entering the middle period, the war was almost uninterrupted. The territorial contradictions and ambitions of the European powers continued to expand. The Russian Empire launched two comprehensive attacks on the expansion of the southern Middle East. The new order of the status of various countries in the international community of various disputes, national egoism is rampant.

Spain chose neutrality between the French Empire and the United Kingdom and other powerful countries, with a vague and ambiguous attitude in its strategy. In fact, it was not welcomed by any country, and the long-standing deadlocked relations with Portugal did not make any progress.

In addition, the economic insecurity caused by the uncertainty of whether the raw materials from the Far East are being brought back to Europe, and the failure to take proactive measures, the Spanish economy has always been unstable.

Because Spain's foreign policy started from the reflection of the past diplomacy close to the French Empire, through calm real people and analysis, the past Spanish government diplomacy was regarded as a negative teaching material.

Although Spain has established an alliance with the French Empire, its relationship with Portugal is elusive, making it difficult to unify the interests on the east and west sides of the Iberian Peninsula.

This is very sad for Spain.

Because Spain has never considered itself a small country, and it is not.

It is even difficult to accept the argument of middle countries.

But the reality is that there is the French Empire to the north, the Kingdom of Italy, a rising country across the sea, to the east, Portugal to the west, and the British Empire across the sea.

There are also Central and Nordic countries that dream of being active on the Mediterranean stage.

This is the geopolitical confusion that Spain is currently facing in the international political reality.

While Isabel II emphasized the restoration of Spain's international status in her own country, she also emphasized the restoration of various relations between Spain and major powers. For example, Spain's previous strengths came from maritime projects.

The UK has been worried about this for days.

In the UK,

Unlike the previous Spanish government, Isabel II's new government may join the ranks of neutral countries such as Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

Form a neutral bloc among these nations against the other five European nations.

This is not a club of small countries, it is made up of several countries that are comparable to major European countries.

Some people have analyzed that if Italy, Spain and the Ottoman Empire form a group in the east, the middle and the west of the Mediterranean, then basically Britain and France will be marginalized.

In addition, if Spain is cooperating with the International Hague Tribunal, then Europe will almost be divided and the great powers will be surrounded.

Therefore, the United Kingdom officially announced that it will send a delegation to communicate with major European countries, hoping to coordinate and deal with this situation that is not very "comfortable" for the United Kingdom.

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July 20, 1868,

The French Empire rejected the British delegation's proposal for the two countries to work together to deal with other countries. Prime Minister Olivier said, "There is no such thing as an alliance with other countries in the French Empire. We have always been self-reliant and we will not rely on anyone. "

The French Empire's approach is very strange, but the British do not intend to give up. So I visited the Kingdom of Prussia,

But it also hit a nail. Prussia said that it would not do anything about it, and Bismarck said that it would not do anything that would harm our friendship with Italy and the Ottoman Empire in Spain.

Prime Minister Disraeli was suddenly disappointed.

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"At present, European countries have begun to awaken, and big countries will not do whatever they want because of this. The environment that the Netherlands needs is gradually taking shape. However, it is not enough. What the Netherlands needs to face is development opportunities, and population growth is the ultimate in the next period of time. Purpose, economy, the Netherlands is developing rapidly, so I'm not worried,

However, in terms of culture, the Netherlands does not currently have an advantage, especially in the south, Paris and Rome are the favorite places for Europeans. Therefore, it seems that the Netherlands wants to win in the cultural strategy, at least it seems to be the case for now. "

William IV's secret thoughts: Britain is absolutely not at ease about the rise of the Netherlands, don't look at Queen Victoria looking harmless to people and animals, but people who know her history are not not surprised by this widow's ruthless rule, everywhere The massacre - no one believed that the British army dared to attack at will.

I am also drunk that such a female-sex executioner is worshipped by many descendants of the colonized in later generations.

But this also shows how superb the British approach to cao public opinion is .

Looking back on his former world, there are even many people in the colonies ruled by the United Kingdom who yearn for the life history of being colonized. This also indirectly shows that the British policy has worked.

At that time, William IV also analyzed and found that when the British began to colonize, they would plunder and plunder without any scruples, and did not regard people as people.

But when he knew that he was about to leave the colony, he would take advantage of the weakness of people's hearts and make a good compensatory attitude before leaving. The power that has not been lost before, paving the way for these people to succeed in their ascendance, with the support of these leading-the-party public opinion, the ruled people will have the idea of unprecedented prosperity, and at the same time, they will be misled into the future. A weakening economy.

The United Kingdom began to "carry too much", "greeting", "friendship with the people", etc. to the former colonies, to highlight the benefits they gave at the end of their rule and the "contradiction" in the management of the local government after they were expelled, and they immediately picked up the plane. Picking up troubles, inciting those who support them to stand up and make troubles.

Even faintly, taking advantage of the opportunity to gain more benefits, he wanted to seize the power that he had lost.

Whether this set of British practice still appeared in the 19th century, because the nation at this time had not yet awakened, so it was silently endured.

The Netherlands is currently taking advantage of the British policy in Africa to rule there.