C2153 The subtle attitude of the royal family (1/2)

Prince Edward had never thought that Zai Chun would actually say such words. This completely reversed his previous impression of the Qing Empire.

In the eyes of the British, the Qing Empire was stubborn and declining. If you wanted to open up an additional port, you would have to use a hard gun.

Not to mention teaching and imparting knowledge about western science, the empire was simply too tightly sealed off.

The British really wanted to dispatch their army to solve the Chinese problem once and for all. Even Benjamin and the others started to clamor and push forward the Indian model, letting the British colonize China and take its interests into their own hands.

But the reality is cruel, and rational British politicians cannot shy away from China's vast size and nearly insoluble strategic depth.

Europeans could keep defeating Chinese troops on the battlefield, but it would be difficult to establish effective control.

This was different from India. There were countless languages and characters in such a large country, and a unified empire did not exist. With such a large group of earth States, it would be easy for Britain to destroy them all.

But China was different. It was a thousands of years old ancient civilization with a common language, culture, and religion. You could suck blood and eat meat by attaching yourself to its fur, but it was simply wishful thinking to transfer souls and take over the entire empire.

Over ten million square kilometers, how many troops would they have to send if they wanted to conquer? I don't think it's enough to force all the men in England into the army.

Furthermore, the vast interior did not have the support of the navy at all, and the British were not very good at playing in the army. With the complicated terrain and the many layers of terraced land structures that rose to the west, the war would become even more difficult.

So, within Britain, only a small number of colonialist like Benjamin had the illusion of being in deep colonization. Most of the politicians were pragmatic, they only wanted to maintain the current situation of a semi-colonial power, and borrow the Qing Dynasty's power to join forces to suck blood.

How to open up an opening for the Manchu dynasty, to let these stubborn Eastern Tatars leaders open up their markets, but they still avoided war as much as possible, this was a question that all the previous British Government had been considering deeply.

But today, Zai Chun's speech was like the ray of light from the heavens above St. Paul's Cathedral, piercing through the haze in his heart. Prince Edward immediately became excited.

He suppressed his emotions and pretended to be calm as he said, ”As you wish! All the doors to the British Empire will be open for you, your majesty! ”

Great breakthrough, this was a major diplomatic breakthrough! Prince Edward even had illusions in his mind that if Britain could take over the personal rule of Tongzhi and support them to become a powerful Eastern Monarch, then Britain would be able to obtain endless benefits from this process.

Xiao Letian looked at the two in front of him blandly. He had to admit that Zai Chun had matured a lot, at least his skin was thicker than before.

”Stinking brat!” Stinking brat … ”Your mentality is really great. You can now steal my things without changing your expression and heart at will in front of me?”

Zai Chun was only thirteen years old after all, and the world view inside his stomach was still in the process of being shaped. He could not say what he had said just now.

Zai Chun was not copying the entire book, he had actually learned how to make excerpt from it, steal a few lines he liked from this piece of paper, and then steal another from another piece of paper.