Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Chapter 187: The outcome of the meeting that determines the future of Asia-Pacific

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the German Empire also has plans to expand its territory in the Far East? As long as we tell them that we are not satisfied with the Netherlands, and at the same time, we accidentally leak to them that the Japanese want to invade Indonesia If something is done, I think William II and their think tanks will surprise the Japanese with unexpected support. " Palacides still said easily. The people next to them all felt their eyes shining brightly. At the same time, they were filled with admiration for Palacides, the old prime minister. At the same time, they also understood one sentence, that is, ginger is still hot when he is old. .

"Your Majesty, Parra's method, I think now is really the time," Eugene said at this time.

"Yes, it is feasible." Seeing other people's strange opinions about his strange tone, Alfonso said: "Because just yesterday, we received news from Japan that the Japanese Privy Council had already decided to go south. According to Kai Kuan's view, the object of which is, Parra's vision is accurate, the Japanese chose Indonesia under Dutch rule, and the location was the Maluku Islands."

"No way, the Japanese are really courageous. They dare to come alone without any contact with us?" [

"Pala is really discerning. He guessed the Japanese's southward route right away."

No one expected that things would turn out like this. The Japanese would actually go to Dutch Indonesia. This was really shocking.

Not to mention them, Alfonso himself was surprised when he heard it. He knew that the Japanese were bold, otherwise he would not have dared to go when it was obvious that the navy was weaker than the Beiyang Fleet, Li Hongzhang's favorite of the Qing Dynasty. A sudden attack on the Qing navy. It even dared to sneak attack Russia's powerful Pacific fleet even though it knew it was weaker than the Russian navy.

But those who are close to their own door after all, now dare to travel thousands of kilometers south to catch the autumn wind in Indonesia. Now, even a calm Alfonso can't stay there calmly, so that's why we are here today. A meeting on the strategic layout of the Far East.

In the end, Alfonso made the final decision. In the next Far East layout, Spain will focus on developing its military in Western Australia, New Zealand, and the Northern Marinaya Islands and Micronesia Islands in the capital of Guam. These two or three places will be The military strength of the army has been increased to half of that of the mainland. The navy continues to implement Guam to occupy one-third of Spain's navy, New Zealand and Western Australia to account for one-third, and the mainland also accounts for one-third. However, this third is not based on re-dividing ships, but on building new ones in the future. When it comes to ships, this quota is allocated so that the three parties can reach this share. In other words, it will be divided into newly built warships without reducing the current equipment.

Economically, Wellington will be developed into a key city in Spain. It will target countries in South America and serve as a bridge between South America and Asia. Pas will also become a key city in Spain for economic development. , it will be Spain's bridge and center point facing the entire Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Spain will refer to Passi as the most important urban center in this region in the next few years of this five-year plan (1907-1912). , rather than the only one. The focus is to develop a consumer city and build it into a city that combines gambling, immigration, finance, maritime transportation, a refuge for Asian politicians, etc.

Spain will accept that Japan's southern expansion will be supported by Spain, but in return, Spain will receive the Dutch western part of the New Guinea Peninsula in Spain. If possible, it will even work hard to expand the Netherlands and Japan. Among them, we got the Nusa Tenggara Islands, because with it, the security of Western Australia can be completely guaranteed.

Fourth, in the coming time, Spain will increase its efforts to support Vacharajong of Siam in order to further consolidate his status as the king of Siam. Let Spain gain a stable ally in Indochina. To counter the British and French presence there.

Fifth, Spain will formally use the Chinese living in Western Australia and New Zealand as a medium to integrate with other international powers and will intervene in the Qing Dynasty. However, unlike other powers, Spain will support the rebels, especially those in Spain. Resume development meeting. In order for Spain to gain the same status as other powerful countries in the territory of this great eastern historical country, this is mainly based on economy, not land. Alfonso himself naturally knows that there are Chinese people who are dissatisfied with the colonization of various countries. If land colonization is carried out at this time, it will definitely arouse bad feelings in his heart. This is not the same as Spain under the leadership of Alfonso who has made good friends with the Chinese. The goals were in conflict, so Alfonso immediately deleted this article and stated its greatness, showing the benefit ratio between good and bad feelings in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.

The Spanish government is a mercantilist government. People like them naturally understand that there is a giant market with hundreds of millions of people. If these potential customers are dissatisfied, then the business opportunities will naturally disappear. So without Alfonso saying more, they also Understand that Spain will make friends in a friendly way. This actually saved Alfonso from the confused looks of these cabinet members.

This is the result obtained in their Spanish cabinet meeting this year. It can be said that the impact this time is absolutely unprecedented, at least for the Far East region, so much so that someone later wrote: "This Asian meeting of the Spanish government has made In Spain, the conference model with a regional theme was officially launched, and later there were European special conferences, American special conferences, Middle East conferences and African conferences.

In addition, this government meeting in Spain determined Spain’s future development route in Asia. It supported Japan and brought Asia into a period of turmoil. It proposed an economic development model at the right time. According to statistics, during this turbulent period, During the Asian period, more than a quarter of the wealthy people went to live in the safe havens of Western Australia and New Zealand. Later, during the First World War, more than half of the wealthy people came here. In these two places, there are still more people who have even thought about living in these two places. The result of this is that these two places have become the most desirable residential cities for the rich in Asia. These two places It has also become the place where Asians most want to live. Driven by Asians, rich people from South America and Africa also began to immigrate there, and driven by public opinion, like Asians, it became a real-life paradise in the eyes of the two places.

At the same time, this meeting most clearly established Spain's Indochina policy, and ultimately allowed Spain to have a firm ally there to support it on the Indochina Peninsula.

And Spain's China policy will allow Spain to have a huge force in China's future political arena in the future world situation. It will always implement a pro-Spain policy, and Spain will always have a big power ally to support it in the struggle between world powers. With.

This time Japan's policy has allowed Japan's territorial development to a certain extent, which has made Japan's ambitions more obvious. At the same time, it has also made Britain, France and other countries wary of Japan, so many people are evaluating it. The reason why Spain decided to support Japan this time was to cut off the British government's support for Japan, leaving a deep foreshadowing for future Japanese strategies.

Back to Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea a few hours later.

"Spain actually supports our invasion policy against Indonesia. Is there any conspiracy in this?"

Mutsu Munemitsu took a deep look at the information on the telegram. He knew English. Because Ito Hirobumi returned from studying in the UK, so as his best staff, of course he should learn English to become familiar with Ito Hirobumi's way of thinking. . The German system is what Ito Hirobumi admires the most, so he will do the same. The economic development of Spain is what Ito Hirobumi admires the most. Some time ago, he even said that if he returns to power, he will follow the Spanish economic development model after forming the cabinet. , this shows the future status of Spain in Ito Hirobumi's administration. Therefore, Mutsu Munemitsu also learned Spanish not long ago. Of course, it is not all because of Ito Hirobumi. After all, Spanish language is now an accepted language. It is the most widely spoken language, and learning it has many uses. Especially now that many companies in Japan that have business dealings with Spain are recruiting a large number of Spanish-speaking people. Learning this language is also a guarantee of a good job.

Ito Hirobumi was also stunned. Unexpectedly, Spain would directly tell him that Spain's opinion was feasible. Feasible meant that Spain did not object to Japan doing this. It even said above that Spain would restrain Britain appropriately. Spain is so good. Although Ito Hirobumi has a favorable impression of Spain, he still has doubts in his heart. After all, no one dares to be careless about such a matter that is related to national interests. [

Seeing Ito Hirobumi like this, Mutsu Munemitsu knew that the other party had the same idea as his, which made the two of them temporarily difficult to deal with. It said that the result could be reported to Katsura Taro's cabinet. However, with such a result, Not to mention Katsura Taro and the others, even the two of them, who had received the letter directly, were skeptical of Spain's support. Needless to say, Katsura Taro and the others would even describe the two of them as... The old fool is not sure. After all, the conclusion of whether Spain can really be trusted is still under discussion, especially since the previous cabinet meeting showed that Katsura Taro and the others did not want to offend the United States. Obviously, this matter has shown that they are wary of Spain, and they can even Said that these people were wary of themselves being too close to Xi Tuya. If I send this letter with unknown intentions back to Japan at this time, the opposite result may occur. The Spanish government has really made things difficult for me. At the same time, I also want to become prime minister again because of this. After all, if he were the Prime Minister, why would he worry about this problem now?

"Ito-kun, I think we should send another telegram," Mutsu Munemitsu hesitated for a moment and then said.

"Wouldn't this seem like Vaughan doesn't trust the other party?" Ito Hirobumi said with a somewhat unhappy expression.

Mutsu Munemitsu said with a slightly wry smile: "But, have they really gained our trust?"

When Ito Hirobumi heard this, he was really speechless.

Yesterday was Labor Day, and I would like to send a belated blessing to everyone and myself. I wish you all a happy holiday! First update today. (To be continued.