C2431 root of war (2/2)
”Qing Dynasty and Meng Eight Flag are, after all, in the quasi-alliance, and Mongolian has already served Manchu as his orthodox master. Qing Dynasty will naturally return the favor to Mongolian's Real Gold and Silver!”
”Not only are there various policy preferences, just the annual salary of the eight flags, as well as the salaries and rewards of the ministers and officials are already not a small number. In addition, the Qing Dynasty has given the prince of Mongolia the right to collect taxes, so at the same time, there is also a pumping machine that pours the wealth of the Chinese back into the grassland!”
”Do you understand now? Can you understand this economic game? ”
”Because money comes and goes in this game, so this game can play for 200 years without breaking down! ”The natives of the grasslands enjoyed all kinds of Chinese goods, and the natives earned all the money and wealth from the grasslands …”
”Immediately after, the Qing Dynasty used many methods to restore the wealth of the Chinese to the grasslands. The cycle continued without end and in the midst of this continuous trading cycle, peace unexpectedly appeared!”
”The war between the Central Plains and the grasslands that spanned thousands of years actually subsided for a whole two hundred years! This is the power of economics, and you, Xiang Ying, do not understand this power at all! ”
”Alright, let's take a look at First Opium War! In the same vein, the UK needs a lot of Chinese goods and China needs a lot of British goods, which creates a serious trade deficit! ”
”Even the British cannot stand by and watch their gold and silver flow into the pockets of the Chinese people. If this goes on, wouldn't it be the collapse I was talking about?”
”A nation, a nation, if the gold and silver currency in the commercial circulation is sucked dry by another nation, then only death awaits him!”
”That's why the British thought of opium as a trade cheat!”
”When Chinese porcelain, silk, tea, pig's hair... While goods like pumping machines siphon gold and silver from the British economy, the British also start a high-powered drug pumping machine to siphon gold and silver from the Chinese economic pond... ”
”They have to ensure the balance of trade. Let's not talk about making money for now. He has to ensure the stability of the amount of water in his pond! This is a matter of survival, and belongs to the Red String of Fate that cannot be touched! ”
”But when the Dao Guang Emperor prepared to smash the last pump for him, the British were enraged. They knew that once this pump was destroyed, they would not be able to find any other tools to cover the trade deficit!”
”Since your Great Qing does not allow me to live, and has even closed the door to negotiations, then you only have one last method left, and that is war!”
”This is where the First Opium War comes in. The root of the war lies in the crucial point of unequal trade!”
”Think about it, if the Dao Guang Emperor could sit at the negotiating table and negotiate with the British, after smashing the drug pump, he would be able to help the British start other reasonable trade reversion procedures!”
”When the British see that trade balance can be achieved without war, so that the deficit will not be fatal... I don't think that war will ever happen! ”
”Xiang Ying! ”You have to always remember this. War is just the collective outbreak of all sorts of contradictions in human society. In the end, it is because of trade conflicts that caused economic conflicts. It was because of economic conflicts that led to political confrontation!”
”Political confrontation will, of course, activate the propaganda machine of the state and create national hatred! And once the national hatred spreads, it will eventually rise to the level of war, this fierce form of war! ”
”War... ”In the end, it's still because there's a big problem in the business area, that's the root!”