After Yao Bang announced his resignation from all his posts, the British intelligence agency discovered that all the civil officials were nervous about coming into contact with foreign countries. They were still very nervous. The Times incident was not caused by the British intelligence agency, but by the newspaper's own choice. The British were surprised to see such an outcome.
No matter what others thought of the issue, the British intelligence agency was not stupid enough to cheer that they could overthrow the president of the Min dynasty. In the confidential report they submitted, they commented that the Min dynasty was under great pressure. It seemed that the Min dynasty's path from monarchy to republic was very dangerous.
The British officials did not dare to intervene in the affairs of the Min dynasty, at least for now, they did not have the courage to intervene in the affairs of the Min dynasty. More importantly, on June 1st, 1905, which was also the Children's Day of the Min dynasty. A German warship was launched. It was a standard 16,000 ton battleship. Unlike the traditional British five-turreted turrets, the German warship had two three-turreted turrets. Among the Germans, there was no lack of people who were pro-British or were bought or controlled by the British. The layout of the battleship surprised the British navy.
With a displacement of 16,000 tons, the Nassau-class battleship was only a second-class battleship in England. However, the fuel boiler and steam turbine power system were the two main technical points of the Dreadnaught-class battleship that was currently being built in England. The Nassau-class battleship had both. The continuous high speed of the Min dynasty's navy troubled the British for more than a decade. Then, the British had an epiphany and finally solved the problem with the continuous development of steam turbines. Now, it seemed that the Germans also had an epiphany, and the British were no longer calm.
The Germans did not know the internal evaluation of the British, and even if they knew, they might not be happy. The production of the Nasau-class battleship was similar to the establishment of the German General Staff Headquarters. It was the result of the imagination of powerful people. Old Moltke combined all the latest war ideas that the Germans could muster at the time, and finally created the new thing called the General Staff Headquarters. The same was true for the Nasau-class battleship. Even after the warship was launched, there was still a lot of controversy in Germany.
The Nassau-class battleship was a combination of things copied from the United Kingdom and the Min dynasty. Germany's current policy in Africa confused the Germans, and the internal turmoil it caused was far greater than the battleship.
Many of Germany's ideas and means of colonizing and managing Africa came from the United Kingdom and the Min dynasty. Togo, Cameroon, and Namibia were not big, but the resources were quite compatible. Germany's own economic crisis, and when the Min dynasty conquered North America, a large number of Germans who immigrated to the United States ran back to Germany. The end result was that a large number of Germans went to Africa and used the methods that the Min dynasty used to develop Africa.
With the old-fashioned Germans and the advancement of the local tribes in Togo and Cameroon, there were now more and more local junior high school graduates who were educated according to German standards. Most of the black brothers had become urban workers or farmers in the countryside. Every year, the local infantry schools in Togo and Cameroon graduated 200 black brothers with junior high school education. The German central government was stunned when they received the news. They did not expect the local German colonial authorities to take the policy copied from the East African administrative region seriously.
"Let's let this situation continue to develop. We know that the East African administrative region already has 400,000 public security troops in regular service. If our colony has an army of this size, how advantageous it will be in the future war for hegemony in Africa … "
"Do you want to create a black German?!"
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Completely opposite reasons had been brought out, and each of them was sufficiently convincing. Emperor William II was in a very difficult position. During the Ming Dynasty in China, the Europeans who arrived in China thought that the Chinese were white people. When the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China, the British came to China on a large scale and found that China was already in a terrible state under the barbaric Manchu Qing rule. After the Great Smoky War, they began to ridicule China for being yellow people. Yellow was considered a greedy and mean color in Europe. It was only because yellow was an honorable color in China that it was accepted by China.
After the rise of the Min dynasty, China became the powerful, rich, and civilized country that the Europeans praised hundreds of years ago in fifty years. As a result, the theory that the Chinese were actually white people once again became the mainstream view in Europe. In particular, the Jiangnan beauties in China were much fairer than European women, and they did not have that layer of golden hair on their bodies. This made the Europeans agree with this theory even more.
Therefore, Emperor William II, who was passionate about race, was very confused. If strength was proof of nobility, and nobility was consistent, then was China noble or lowly for the past hundred years? If Africa were to develop in the future, would Africans be noble or lowly? European culture could not escape the influence of Christian culture. China had not been a Christian civilization for thousands of years, and China had been the most powerful country on Earth for more than 20 centuries. This made the German emperor feel that his theory was difficult to justify. Recently, the German emperor had also read a lot of books on science and technology. The German evolutionists were more supportive of the theory that Africa was the birthplace of mankind. When he thought that his ancestors might have been black people tens of thousands of years ago, whether it was white or black, it was just the result of evolution to adapt to the weather in Africa. William II felt a headache coming on.
Just when the German emperor was inclined to strengthen the construction of Africa, but was too embarrassed to say it out loud, his attendant brought in news. 'The Italian colonial army has started a fierce battle with Ethiopia.'
While everyone was attracted by this news, William II looked at it and said casually, "For the time being, continue to strengthen the investment in Africa. Send a trustworthy soldier to be the commander of Cameroon and other places. Send military observers to Africa! "
This order made everyone feel relieved. Africa was now able to build 5,000 tons of merchant ships. This was the credit of the Germans, and it was also the production capacity that Germany had. Regardless of how the colony was viewed, the improvement of the local industrial production capacity in Cameroon would help close the gap between Germany and the United Kingdom. This was definitely good for Germany. Therefore, everyone used William II's performance to get out of the predicament.
In terms of military affairs, the German General Staff appointed Paul Wolfowitz, who performed well in the German conquest of the African colonies. Feng? Lethowen appointed Wolbeck as the Commander-in-Chief of Cameroon. In terms of politics, the Ministry of Colonial Affairs invited Marx Weber, who was a great success in Germany with his book "Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism". Professor Weber designed the management model for the German colonies in Africa. Although Marx? Professor Weber was on the list of the German Ministry of Internal Affairs, but even the German Ministry of Internal Affairs borrowed a lot from Marx. Professor Weber's excellent articles and ideas on social management.
Both civil and military talents did not reject the official attitude, but their decision did not cause the slightest reaction. The war between Italy and Ethiopia had attracted the attention of Europe. The Kingdom of Italy was the youngest country in Europe, while Ethiopia was an ancient country and a Christian country. At the very least, the war between these two countries was worth watching.
Wang Mingshan's eldest son looked at the workers on the dock who were transporting things to his fleet. The Italians beside him were chattering non-stop. "We will win!" "Will we win?" The Italian's words hovered between the two.
The Italians' plan to conquer Ethiopia had caused a great sensation in Italy. Both sides had started a war with Ethiopia after the Italians landed in Eritrea a few years ago. The Chinese had always respected the local forces in Africa, whether it was Ethiopia or the Zulu Kingdom in Southern Africa. So the Italians were actually very nervous, just like the man next to him. He certainly hoped that Italy would expand its territory in Africa, but he was worried that the Min dynasty would intervene. After all, Ethiopia was on the edge of the East African administrative region. Generally speaking, everyone thought that this area should be under the influence of the Min dynasty.
Wang Mingshan's eldest son had no interest in this. His father Wang Mingshan and his Italian stepmother's comment on this was that 'the war would only promote the development of Italy's transportation industry.' In fact, Wang Mingshan's eldest son was concerned about the content of the Italian government's recent announcement. The Italian government wanted the Italian steel industry to develop quickly, which would make the business of high-quality iron ore transportation extremely good. Although Wang Mingshan's eldest son did not intervene in the mineral export of Goa, the mineral export of Goa was not something that the Italians could intervene in. The mineral transport fleet was not something that the Italians could intervene in.
"We want to invest in your shipping company." The Italian finally said what was on his mind after talking for a while.
"No." Wang Mingshan's eldest son objected almost instinctively.
"Why?" The Italian was very puzzled.
Wang Mingshan's eldest son did not answer immediately. His fleet had increased from the original two ships to four. His friends with deep backgrounds had gotten the money and were almost half-forced to invest in this shipping company. Now the four ships did seem to be making money, but these four ships could transport 60,000 tons of iron ore to Italy in a round trip. Even if the iron content was 55%, it could still produce 400,000 tons of steel a year. If the number of ships increased, it was very likely that something would go wrong.
As a result, a week later, after listening to his son's statement, Wang Mingshan decisively told his son, "Go tell the Italian that if he can pay enough money to build a new ship, he can be allowed to invest in it."
"Why?" The unknown future puzzled Wang Mingshan's eldest son.
"Do you know about the blast furnaces used in the North American War?" Wang Mingshan asked his son.
"Yes! I know. "
"Then do you know about the new steel mills that are being built in China? The demolished ones are 10, and the new ones are 20. During the North American War, the domestic production of steel is about 20 million tons a year. I think the Min dynasty's steel production can reach 100 million tons within 20 years. This is not only the direction of the Min dynasty, but the whole world will move in this direction. The transportation industry is promising. "Wang Mingshan made a judgment.
Without waiting for his son to say anything, Wang Mingshan continued, "I have submitted my retirement application. You have to work hard."
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