In the separate room Wang Guorui arranged for Dou Nale, Dou Nale was discussing with the British Consul in Taiwan about Britain's strategy for Taiwan, and they were clearly uneasy and well-intentioned.

"Mr. Donale, are we going to support Taiwan's independence next?" James asked.

And Dou Nale said affirmatively: "Yes, we must support Taiwan's independence. Only by allowing Taiwan to become independent can we gradually dismember this ancient and huge country. This ancient and huge country has too much potential. Yes, once they have a strong government, it will explode with great strength. So we have to find an opponent for the mainland Chinese government, that is, Japan and Taiwan. When we supported Japan, that is I hope that Japan can help us contain the development of this mainland government. But now the Japanese dog is somewhat out of our control. They actually want to swallow the whole of China and replace China. This is also very detrimental to us, so we also To support an opponent for Japan."

And James immediately asked: "This opponent is Taiwan?"

"That's right, it's Taiwan. Taiwan has a powerful army, but no navy. Japan has a powerful navy, but it doesn't have a powerful army. This also prevents them from really threatening each other fundamentally. In the end, they can only struggle gradually and consume resources. As for the mainland Chinese government, it is a fat pig. They have powerful resources, but they cannot become strong under the leadership of a wise leader and government, so they Although they are powerful, they are not the opponents of Taiwan and Japan. And in this way, they can form a balance. Taiwan, Japan, and mainland China are a delicate balance, and neither of them can perish. After all, Taiwan must avoid Japan attacked the Qing Dynasty, and Japan has a navy that Taiwan does not have, and it can also prevent Taiwan from occupying the Chinese mainland. As for the Chinese mainland, it cannot threaten either Taiwan or Japan, so that the three parties can also balance. And China has a period History, that is, the Three Kingdoms, the situation where the Three Kingdoms stand together is the most stable. This is also in line with the law of triangle."

Dou Nale pointed out the benefits of Taiwan's independence to the Western powers, which can dismember China, and through the mutual restraint of Taiwan, Japan, and the mainland, a situation of three countries can be formed. In this way, the three parties check each other, which is a very stable pattern. It is not easy to break the Three Kingdoms. That's why the British guys had this plan, and they would incite Wang Guorui to take the opportunity to become independent, which would be of great benefit to the British. At that time, East Asia will never have a powerful country that can threaten the British, so the idea of ​​the British is actually very ruthless.

In fact, China's potential is huge, it's just to see if anyone can realize it. The Manchu Qing mainland government couldn't play it out, and a divided country couldn't play it out either. Decades later, China was successfully reunified, and a hundred years later, China became a major and powerful country in the world. Only in this way can the potential of a great and powerful country be truly realized. It's not that the gringos don't know China's potential, and they deliberately belittle China. On the one hand, it continues to dismember and cannibalize China through various means, and then even split China. They do not hesitate to support various rebel forces to split China, and then make it impossible for China to be unified forever, and in the end it can only sink in the split.

Now Dou Nale has come to Taiwan with a mission, hoping that Taiwan can become independent, which will be very helpful to Britain in the future. Once Taiwan is independent, it will not be easy to attack the mainland and seize control of the mainland. Once it becomes a relationship between countries at that time, I am afraid that the United Kingdom will have a reason to intervene to mediate. In this way, it will be almost impossible for Taiwan to occupy the mainland. After all, this is because the times are different. In the past, East and West could not influence each other. You can take the initiative to attack at any time, and then there is no problem in establishing your own country, and you don't need Westerners to admit it. More than two hundred years ago, as long as there was strength, no one needed to admit it. Directly sweeping away the troubled times will naturally become the master of the Central Plains. But this time is different, and now the westerners have set a trap for Wang Guorui, that is, once Wang Guorui has the courage to stand on his own, then Taiwan will lose the opportunity to enter the mainland.

And James asked: "Minister Donale, will the leader of Taiwan choose to take the opportunity to become independent?"

"I think he will. After all, he would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen. This is a bad habit of many Chinese people. Since he has mastered such a powerful strength, he can easily become independent without having to Continue to be a slave to others. After all, people are ambitious. Once they have ambitions, it is not easy to take them back. We only need to incite him to become independent, so that we can let him take the opportunity to become a country. This is also a trap .As long as they dare to attack the mainland at that time, we will gather the strength of the whole of Europe to mediate, so that we can take the opportunity to split China."

"There are too few Chinese people who open their eyes to see the world. He probably doesn't understand the consequences of independence. He may not understand the rules of international diplomacy, so we can take this opportunity to trick him into splitting his motherland, and then contain them in turn. .”

Dou Nale's understanding of the Chinese people means that many Chinese people do not understand the rules of international diplomacy. For example, many Chinese people do not understand the difference between the rules of international diplomacy and domestic exchanges, and they even regard foreign countries as vassal states. Many domestic officials also put their diplomatic thinking on dealing with vassal states above international diplomacy, so they can easily create a blind situation. And Li Hongzhang is known as the first person in China who opened his eyes to see the world, but there are too few such people in China after all. So Donale doesn't think Wang Guorui can understand the truth and the consequences of Taiwan's independence.

Even if he takes a step back, Wang Guorui understands the truth behind this, so can he resist the attraction of establishing his own country? If he is willing to be a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, it means that his every move will be restrained by the Qing Dynasty. And what better way to be an official than to be the founder of a country? So even if Wang Guorui can understand this truth, Dou Nale is artificially thinking that Wang Guorui should not be able to resist the attraction of being a founding king, even many Westerners cannot resist it!

"In this respect, these British people are really ruthless. They actually set such a trick on you, my husband? If we dare to be independent, then we will completely lose the chance to rule the Central Plains?" Zheng Hong Said with some emotion.

After hearing Wang Guorui's analysis, Zheng Hong immediately realized the sinister intentions of such foreign devils. That is to prevent Wang Guorui from marching into the Central Plains, so that Wang Guorui would lose the opportunity to control the mainland and prevent China from rising. And Zheng Hong chose to support Wang Guorui, and even became Wang Guorui's woman herself. Isn't that because he hoped that Wang Guorui could rebel, and then the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed to rule the world. But now these foreign devils are actually uneasy and kind, which means that Wang Guorui cannot break away from his status as a courtier of the Manchu Dynasty for the time being.

"Zheng Hong, do you understand? We can separate one side, but we absolutely cannot break away from our status as subjects of the so-called 'Great Qing'. Otherwise, once we establish our own country, we will lose the opportunity to seize power in China. This era is different. In the past hundreds of years, strength was used as the standard without the consent of Westerners. Although we can now stand on our own as kings, the next consequence is that we will be excluded from China's hegemony, so we will inevitably Facing a very serious consequence, Taiwan will always be under the control of others."

If Taiwan loses the opportunity to compete for the hegemony of the mainland, then this is not Wang Guorui's idea, nor Zheng Hong's idea. Zheng Hong also hoped to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Han family. But once they become independent, they will lose the opportunity to compete for the hegemony of the mainland. Then the Zheng family represented by Zheng Hong has worked hard for many years, why is that? Isn't it just to expel the Tartars and defend the rivers and mountains? But if you lose the opportunity for an independent name~lightnovelpub.net~, then the loss outweighs the gain.

"It seems that we will not be able to establish an independent country in a short period of time, otherwise our consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, we still have to be the courtiers of the 'Great Qing'. After all, the Manchu Qing is China recognized by the international community. The government, if we become independent, it will make it impossible for us to expel the Manchus in a reasonable and legal way. After all, this era is different from the past two hundred years. There are more things to consider, and the situation of international struggles is also more complicated. .So we have to act cautiously, even if we oppose the Qing Dynasty, we must do so within the framework of international approval." Wang Guorui said.

And Zheng Hong asked: "Then we are so cheap and full?"

"Of course, it's not that I won't ask for some benefits from Man Qing. Even if we seem to be not independent, in fact we should be able to have independent rights and be able to separate one side." Wang Guorui said.

Although it is impossible to truly establish a country independently, it can at least make the Qing Dynasty recognize the result of its long-term rule of Taiwan. And Wang Guorui thought that the Manchus would agree. After all, those bureaucrats in China valued face more than actual interests. Naturally, they wanted to agree with Wang Guorui's "independence but not independence". (To be continued.) xh118