The envoys of the United States, Washington, Japan met with US Secretary of State Hazy.

"Your Excellency Haiyi, we have now had a huge turmoil in China, you should know this, right?" The Japanese envoy asked.

Hay replied: "Yes, there is already serious unrest in China, and our legation is in danger, and it may be stormed by the mob at any time. This is a great insult to us in the United States of America, and we in the United States of America will not sit idly by. ”

The Japanese envoy immediately said: "The heart has gone crazy in China, and we think that we should unite to attack China and then rescue our expatriates." Otherwise, we can only sit idly by and watch China infringe on the interests of our overseas Chinese, and then threaten the lives of our overseas Chinese. Therefore, we must send troops to protect our expatriates and ensure the safety of our lives and property. So we might as well go and participate in the war against China, and then let China compensate us for our losses. ”

"War against China?" Hay asked.

"Yes, a war against China and let them compensate us for our losses. And in this battle, not only will we participate, but Britain, Germany, France, Russia and other countries will participate together, and then fight together to attack China. The Japanese envoy said.

Hearing that Britain, France, Germany, and Russia were all going to participate in this battle together, Hay couldn't help but think in his heart. And if so many countries participate in this battle together, the odds are still quite high. Even if Taiwan resists with China, will it be able to resist? And this US Secretary of State Hay does not know that Germany has decided not to contribute to the work, and as for France, it is actually impossible to do too much to send troops now, because they know that Taiwan is not easy to provoke.

At present, all countries have their own evil intentions in their hearts, and in fact, they are very hesitant to fight against Taiwan. They believe that fighting Taiwan will outweigh the gains. Once the losses are too large, then this will still damage the national strength. If that's the case, that's the real tragedy. Therefore, all countries have their own evil intentions, and they do not want to do their best to fight against Taiwan, they all hope to let other people fight hard with Taiwan, and then reap the benefits of fishermen themselves. Borrow a knife to kill.

Of course, this is based on the fact that Taiwan is strong. If the Manchus conquered the decaying capital, then they would naturally not be afraid of anything, and they would easily send a small number of troops to defeat the Manchus. Defeating the Manchus and defeating Taiwan was not at all a level of difficulty, and no matter how the Manchus were fought, they would not lose much national strength, but the fight against Taiwan might have caused the decline of the country, and it was really a heavy loss at that time.

So Germany and France also wanted the British to take the lead, but the British couldn't be so stupid. Go directly and fight with the Chinese. The British are still fighting the Boers in South Africa, and it is impossible for them to effectively mobilize troops and resources to wage war against Taiwan, so they will inevitably have their own ghosts. How can such a combined army with its own evil intentions be able to effectively stop Taiwan?

Several senior U.S. officials met with President McKinley, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, and Secretary of State Hay.

"The Japanese woman invited us to attack China, and there are already five countries in the world, and these five countries are among the largest in the world. At that time, we can get enough benefits. With so many countries going to war together, we will definitely gain a lot of benefits. And then prepare for us to open up the colony. At that time, our territory could be expanded a lot. ”

"We had already planned for war against Spain. If there had been no problem with the plan back then, I would have actually gone to war with Spain in the next year or two. Then we seized the Philippines, but now Taiwan is the first to take the lead. Taiwan has robbed us of our things, and we must also snatch them back this time. ”

Theodore Roosevelt was a very staunch expansionist hawk who supported U.S. expansion. And he had already made a plan. He hoped to be able to go to war against Spain, which had already declined, and to seize the interests of Spain. In particular, colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines have been regarded by the United States as their own. But the Philippines has now been snatched away by Taiwan, and Cuba has made the United States hesitate. Whether to go to war for a Cuba and Spain, such interests are not enough!

At present, the industrial strength of the United States is also constantly expanding. Then they were already in dire need of a large number of colonies as a basis for expansion. If there are not enough colonies, it is bound to fall into a situation of market depletion. The role of the colonies is to exploit the resources, and then dump the products produced into the colonies again, so that the people of the colonies will also buy their products, which is equivalent to exploiting the colonists. These colonies were forced to buy the products of their overlords and were not able to develop themselves. Coupled with the deliberate teaching of the colonial powers, even the colonies could not achieve industrial development. The colony was a source of markets and an important source of resources.

However, although the Americans have a huge sphere of influence in the Americas, it does not mean that they will be able to develop the Americas in the future. They tend to look for countries that already have a certain level of development. Because the rest of America is a bunch of poor haha, and there is not much capital for them to exploit. Therefore, they all hope to find some places with a certain development foundation as colonies and provide a huge market. And the Philippines is such a place, but now it is actually occupied by Taiwan, which makes them very depressed.

"This time, we might as well join the coalition of various countries and then go together to attack China, which can also get a huge colony. We can even force China to open up its market, to open its market in an all-round way, instead of the current situation where it seems to be open, but in fact there are too many obstacles. As long as we can force China to open its markets and lower tariffs, we can be of great help. We force them to lower their tariffs, and then so that we can get more wealth, and then we can get enough income. We are colonizing this ancient country economically. Theodore Roosevelt said.

Theodore Roosevelt was a vice president, and vice president is different from China's vice president, who is one of the most powerful positions in China, and he has a vote in the central government. But the vice president of the United States, that is an out-and-out idle position, with very little real power. Nominally the second-in-command, but not as good as the third-in-command Secretary of State and the fourth-in-command Secretary of Defense. Therefore, Theodore Roosevelt hoped to use this opportunity to establish enough prestige for himself and then allow himself to become the president of the United States in the future.

"I agree, President, because the time has come for us to expand in the United States. Although we cannot defeat Taiwan and China alone, as long as we have so many countries participating together, then we can get enough benefits. At that time, we will definitely be able to obtain it, so we can unite with other countries to attack China together, and then we can continue to force China to open its market. This China is a huge market, they have a population of 400 million! 400 million people, even if only 1 in 10 people can become the people we dump our products to, that is a market of tens of millions, almost comparable to our population. Such a huge market is a very huge benefit in itself, so if we don't take this opportunity to exploit them, can we still miss it? Hay said.

Soon, the three of them also discussed, that is, the decision to send troops to China. They have also decided to go to war against China, after all, now they need the United States to expand, they need colonies, and if they are not allowed to pass the bottleneck of development, then those countries with colonies can continue to develop, and those countries without colonies will definitely not be able to maintain the path of rapid development. Once the pace of development cannot be maintained, it is equivalent to falling behind. National development is like sailing against the current, and if it does not advance, it will retreat. If someone else develops you and you stand still, then you are falling behind. No one is willing to lag behind, so the Americans must also take the initiative to attack, so that they can get enough colonies and markets. If there are not enough resources and markets, the decline of the country will be inevitable.

So they have already begun to decide that they want to go to war against China, especially to get economic colonies. Even if they can't get colonies, they will force China to open up its market, and then let China open its own market, let American products dump over, and then let the Americans make huge profits and suppress China's national economic development. It is even necessary to control China's customs, as long as the customs are controlled, then all national economies will not be able to develop. At that time, China's export tax burden will increase, and then the import tax burden will be very low. China has to accept not only the exploitation of the corrupt bureaucracy, but also the exploitation of foreigners, and how can the national bourgeoisie rise in the end? When the time comes, China will only be able to become their colony forever. Now China is like a cake, everyone wants to come and ask for a bite, and then get enough benefits.

However, it is not so simple for the United States to go to war, it must pass Congress, and if it does not pass Congress, it will certainly not be possible to reach the order to declare war. As a result, a bill was quickly sent to Congress as a topic for war against China. (To be continued......)