Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"Your Majesty Alfonso?" Asquith thought to himself, all the major events in the world are caused by your relatives. At the same time, he also felt the 'greatness' of Queen Victoria's belly. This European royal family is Most of them are enough to be related to her by blood.

"Um"

"Apart from the speech calling for calm on both sides, there has been no real indication of their other actions so far. But from that point of view, it is possible that we will be in some trouble." After a while, Asquith road.

"Why do you say that?"

Asquith said with a wry smile: "Just now, my prime minister's office rang calls from Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro and Dutch Prime Minister Theohem Skelke, both of whom came to seek support. You tell me, can I not Can you not embarrass me?"[

Edward VII was silent when he heard this. The Netherlands was Britain's closest ally besides Belgium. Otherwise, Britain would not have tolerated the Netherlands occupying a large area of ​​land in Indonesia without fighting for it, and even Help it block the intention of other powerful countries such as the German Empire to invade Qi.

However, now Dicos is fighting with the Netherlands, Britain's only ally in Asia, compared with the Netherlands. Although Japan is not that close, Japan's strategic location is equally important. The Netherlands can block and monitor Germany for Britain, but Japan can indeed help Britain in the Far East and play a decisive role in blocking Russia from moving south. The previous Russo-Japanese War has made it very obvious that Japan is qualified for the task given to it by Britain. , and all the Netherlands can do is monitor and buffer.

But unlike there, the British mainland is blocked by the North Sea and the German Imperial Law threatens the homeland. However, Britain's large colonial interests in the Far East and the Indian Ocean will become more vulnerable to Russia's huge army when Russia moves south. If it falls apart, then the UK will definitely lose its luck. It is even possible that there will be only some remaining islands such as Malaya and the British peninsula of East Australia and New Guinea.

So obviously, they all encountered the same difficulty when it comes to choice now. Although according to the analysis just now, it may be safer to choose Japan, and it is even unlikely that the Netherlands will fall out with the United Kingdom, but the relationship between the two countries will definitely be greatly reduced by then.

As for choosing Japan, needless to say, the original purpose of cooperating with them to form an alliance was to counter the influence of Russia in the Far East and prevent the development of the German Empire in the Far East. Even if they knew that Japan was using these excuses, if Britain was opposed to it, then In a disguised way, Japan prevented the German Empire from expanding its influence in the Far East. Japan helped Britain implement its strategic needs, but it failed to make progress in expanding its interests. Even the country that was blocking it was still its ally Britain. By then, that country They will definitely be forced to choose to drift away from Britain, or even directly associate with the German Empire without recognizing anyone.

It seemed that this was all he could do. He waved to Asquith, then turned sideways and whispered in his ear.

On June 10, 1909, the British government announced that it hoped both sides would exercise restraint and hope for a peaceful resolution. After this sentence, there is no more. This made many people who originally wanted to watch the show unable to react at once, especially those like the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia, who all had issues with the United Kingdom, Japan, and the Netherlands. , if we see conflicts among the three countries at this time, they will naturally benefit the most.

"Actually, the Japanese are smart. They have already reached the seven-inch mark. The British are afraid that their own influence and control over the situation will decline. They have not figured it out, so they dare to be so blatant. To carry out plunder and occupation. It must be said that the people on this island country have developed a very accurate perspective and vision from sitting in that corner to see the changes in the world situation. Just like the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 and the Russo-Japanese War, they were learning about the world Since the powerful countries would definitely condone and support them, the lions even opened their mouths to obtain assistance from the United States and British technical ships and other aids.

This time, they set their sights on the Netherlands again. The photo was so accurate, which shows that they definitely have information about the actual situation and have a very good understanding of the country. Chirac and Aragon, as Spain's two major intelligence chiefs, your task is not only to spy on intelligence, but also to establish Spain's counterintelligence team, so that we will not be like the Netherlands when an accident occurs. Caught off guard, we need to grasp this matter tightly. Well, let's start with the Japanese spies. "

On June 12, 1909, Spain officially announced that it would mediate between the two sides for the sake of world peace, and the location was chosen on the neighboring island of Guam.

Spain's mediation was first recognized by the United Kingdom. In order to get rid of the dilemma, Spain's appearance at this time was definitely the most important reason they saw. Therefore, less than an hour after the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madrid, Trini, issued such news to the outside world on the morning of December 12, the United Kingdom responded to Spain’s mediation practices from a distance and recognized Spain’s role as a mediator. In the afternoon of the same day after the British announced the decision.

"Spain is a great, peace-loving country with a long history. It has made an indelible functional contribution to the historical development of Europe. Especially under the leadership of Alfonso XIII, the Spanish people are now prosperous and powerful. Deeply loved by people from all over Europe, as a European, we are very excited to have such a country not far away from us. Therefore, we very much agree with the reconciliation action proposed by Spain." After the British government announced its support for Spain's reconciliation , the Dutch government immediately announced its support for Spain's mediation, and Prime Minister Theohem Skelke even praised Spain a lot for this.

Spain's naval military base in the Pacific, Guam.

"Mr. Trini, thank you very much for your help this time. After our emperor sees you, please convey our sincere gratitude to His Majesty Alfonso XIII."

"Mr. Nishizono, please don't worry. I will convey it to you. But, to be honest, there is no need to worry about things like gratitude and other matters between our two countries."

Upon hearing this, Duke Wang of Xiyuan Temple showed embarrassment on his face and felt a little angry in his heart. But he recovered quickly. The man opposite is one of the most powerful people in Spain. Spain is not like Japan, which has a fixed government. This Russian government will be replaced by a conservative party in 1912. In the past few years, as long as Trini doesn't make big mistakes, his position will be as stable as a rock.

And now he is a candidate for office. Although he is the former Prime Minister of Japan and will even be a strong candidate for the next term, after all, he is just a candidate, which is different from the ongoing campaign.

The reason why he took the initiative to agree to the secret deal with Spain in the elders' meeting this time was not only to open up the Spanish way for Japan's diplomacy, but also to compete with Katsura Taro. It can effectively attack the UK they rely on.

At the same time, this is also inheriting the diplomatic trajectory of his teacher Hirobumi Ito. To prevent his teacher from letting him inherit his power. [

Because in recent days, he has heard a lot of rumors that he, a powerful man in Japanese politics, is preparing to run for prime minister again. Based on this, it will be difficult for him to succeed him.

At this time, Katsura Taro and Yamagata Aritomo began to contact him to prevent his return. Although he did not agree due to hesitation, he also felt a huge threat, because, as the founder of Japan's cabinet system, several prime ministers of his teacher have proven its great power. He also knows why the elders The other people at the meeting would think otherwise. They just wanted him, the person Ito Hirobumi trained, to erode the teacher's power and make the two of them fight each other. Even though he knew this, he couldn't help it, because compared to his teacher Hirobumi Ito's age, he was only six or seven years old.

Who knows how many more years the teacher, who is only 68 years old this year, will dominate our own power? By the time he no longer wants to be prime minister and retires, that will be twenty years later and he is already over eighty years old. What a piece of shit to inherit.

Therefore, during this trip to Guam, he had already planned that he should open a branch of the teacher's path to his side. We’ll talk about the expansion later.

"Naturally, after discussions in our Council of Elders, our idea is that we can definitely help the interests of Spain and the German Empire. However, your country also knows our difficulties. After all, Britain is watching over there, and maybe they They might even turn against us and send the world's largest navy to Tokyo Bay, regardless of their relationship with us. Therefore, we cannot overly stimulate the world's most powerful country. So we think that Spain can nominally send troops to Brussels. Island, how about the German Empire in the Sula Islands. I think this can make the Netherlands lower their guard after all. Otherwise, if your country asks for too much land, I think this will arouse public indignation including the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. , and even the German Empire will be dissatisfied with such a small territory because of this." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang took pains to persuade Mapo.

hey-hey! This guy really thinks he is an idiot for still doing this here. Of course he knows the plan of the Japanese. They want to compress the German Empire and the Spanish Empire on a small island, and then wait for Japan's attack this time. After digesting the big islands in the Maluku Islands, you can continue to move towards other destinations. Instead of arguing with the Dutch and the British one by one on those sparsely populated islands.

"No, absolutely not. Our Majesty has already drawn a circle there on the map. Since your country wants to gain benefits, both sides still need to help each other in these matters."

"What about the German Empire?" Xiyuanji Gongwang seemed to still have some hope and wanted to use this to put pressure on Spain. However, he was destined to be disappointed, even greatly disappointed and shocked.

"Before I meet with you again, I have received a call from Prime Minister Eugene from Madrid. Our Prime Minister has already negotiated with their Prime Minister Theobaden. They will acquire the South Maluku Islands this time, that is to say, You take the north and they take the south.”

The face of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang suddenly changed when he heard this. This was simply too much bullying...

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Regarding when World War I happened, I can tell you a rough time, that is, it will not be more than twenty chapters, which means that I will finish writing the previous few years in about twenty chapters. Everyone just wait.