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"Fostering anti-Qing liliang within China? What do you mean, Mr. Jardine? Prince Albert seemed to understand what Jardine meant, and smiled: "But I'm not sure if this friend of mine has the determination to oppose the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Dear Albert, who is that friend you are talking about?"

"It's Jason." Prince Albert smiled and said to his wife, "He is a descendant of China's Ming Dynasty, which fell 200 years ago, and his ancestors fled to Manila with the help of the Jesuits." ”

"What appeal can a dynasty that has been dead for 200 years still have?" Queen Victoria had long known Zhu Jishi's "true identity" through the newspaper, but she didn't take it too seriously.

William. Jardine smiled and said, "Bixia, in fact, the appeal of the Ming Dynasty in China is still very large. Since the Chinese Tatar dynasty never considered itself Chinese! For 200 years, the Tatar dynasty has never given up its oppression and discrimination against the Chinese, and China is nothing more than a colony of millions of Tatars! Therefore, the Chinese have not forgotten the Ming Dynasty, which fell 200 years ago, and the Hongmen Tiandi Society, a gang organization all over South China, is under the banner of anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and if Zhu Jishi has the support of the British Empire, he is likely to become the leader of China's anti-Qing Shili, and Hong Kong will also become the base camp of the anti-Qing Shili. ”

"What's in it for us?" Queen Victoria frowned, and the image of the "poisonous doctor" came to mind, and she didn't think that Zhu Jishi would put the interests of the British Empire above the interests of China after becoming the emperor of China.

"Bixia, the benefits are very obvious." William. "First of all, Zhu Jishi will have a trump card in bargaining with the Qing Dynasty, and if his activities in Hong Kong pose a threat to the rule of the Tatar Dynasty, it is very likely that the Tatar Dynasty will buy the British on fairly favorable terms." ”

This preferential condition, of course, includes the legalization of the opium trade. And what the bribed Britain has to do may be to restrict Zhu Jishi's behavior, it may be to expel Zhu Jishi to Nanyang, or it may be to get rid of Zhu Jishi! Queen Victoria's brows furrowed as she looked at her dear husband, but Prince Albert was expressionless, just listening carefully to William. Jardine speaks.

"Secondly, Zhu Jishi is still a pawn to curb the rise of the Qing Dynasty, if the Qing State is determined to reform with the help of France, we might as well increase our support for Zhu Jishi and let him provoke a war against the Tatar Dynasty." William. Jardine then suggested.

"With the Tatar dynasty determined to reform, will there still be a mass base for the rebellion?" The Queen asked again.

"Of course there is a foundation," the Duke of Wellington sneered, and took over the question, "because any reform has a cost, and it is often the people in the middle and lower classes of society who bear the cost of reform, so the faster the pace of reform, the greater the suffering of the people in the lower classes, and the more vigorous the rebellion will be, of course." ”

The Duke of Wellington has been in the military and political arena for most of his life, and his views on political affairs are still very incisive. Except in very special circumstances, the vast majority of reforms have high costs, and there is basically no good thing that the whole country unanimously supports after a few decrees from above. The side that bears the cost of reform is often the disadvantaged group, because the party that holds the power of the reform initiator always has to take care of its own interests first.

And the reforms that the Manchu Dynasty will carry out are bound to be the same, to introduce Western military science jishu, naturally there must be a lot of silver to spend, whether it is to hire foreigners, open schools, send foreign students, buy Western weapons, organize and train new troops, open factories, each pile requires a large amount of expenditure, where does this money come from? It is unlikely that the interests of the bureaucratic landlord class will be touched, and it is estimated that the hardcore crops of the millions of children of the Eight Banners will not be touched -- directly taking the interests of the middle and upper classes is not a reform, but a social revolution!

Since the interests of the middle and upper classes cannot be moved, they can only scrape oil and water from the heads of the Han people who suffered under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and the consequences will naturally increase the dissatisfaction of the middle and lower classes of the Han people with the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so the reform of the Qing Dynasty will not only not eliminate the social basis of the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty, but will aggravate the social contradictions.

Of course, the strength of the Manchu Dynasty will also be enhanced through reform, and ordinary rebels will be easily suppressed, but Zhu Jishi, a huge rebel who exalts the descendants of the Ming Dynasty and has the support of the British Empire, is different, even if he cannot successfully overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, it will bring endless trouble to the Manchu reform, thus greatly slowing down the pace of the rise of the Manchu Dynasty......

"But what about the Tatar dynasty that weishenme won't buy Jason?" Queen Victoria looked at William. Jardine, puzzled, "There is a great possibility that a descendant of a dynasty that perished 200 years ago should not be a reason for the Tatars and Jason to become mortal enemies." Jason is a big scientist and a millionaire, and his Jishi Xing has been involved in pharmaceutical, rubber, military and other industries, and all of them are extremely successful. Wouldn't it be much easier for the Tatar Emperor to make Jason a prince, give Jishixing the privilege of opening factories and mines in China, and ask him to be China's Minister of Education or Foreign Affairs? ”

William. Jardine shook his head with a smile and said: "This possibility does not exist, Queen Bixia, China is not Western Europe, the rules of political struggle there have always been extremely cruel, and the Tatar Dynasty has been implementing the '**' policy for the past 200 years, many Han intellectuals often anger the emperor because of a poem, and end up with the tragic end of the entire family being killed." ”

"Because a single poem kills a family! These Orientals are really barbaric. Queen Victoria stuck out her tongue and turned her head to her husband, "Dear Albert, do you think Mr. Jardine's advice is not feasible?" ”

Prince Albert raised his eyebrows and looked at Robert. Peel, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I believe that China's reforms should be carried out under the guidance of the British Empire, and the results of the reforms should be beneficial to the British Empire, otherwise it is better not to carry them out." This was the basis of the British Empire's policy in the Far East, and it should be understood to the French that Britain and France should take a common position in the Far East and achieve an equal interest in China.

Moreover, the legalization of the opium trade was a top priority of British Far East policy, and that goal should be achieved by all means other than war. ”

Speaking of this, Prince Albert paused slightly, and now Britain's Far East policy seems to be closely linked to Zhu Jishi.

"As for Sir Zhu Jishi, he is my friend with the Queen, and also a friend of the British Empire (several people in the room understand that friends of the British Empire are used to sell, the problem is only the price)." Prince Albert accentuated his tone, "Therefore, we still have to support him to open Jishi University and Jishi College in Hong Kong, but the military academy under Jishi University should be under the control of the Ministry of Army and Colonial Affairs, and at present, he cannot openly display the banner of the descendants of the Ming Dynasty royal family in Hong Kong." In addition, I will personally write to Sir Chu to inform him of this position. ”

The words of the prince are naturally the will of Queen Bixia. Prime Minister Peel immediately stood up, bowed down and replied, "Yes." ”