There is a saying in China that the person who knows the current affairs is Junjie, that is, the person who can know the general situation, and guide himself by the situation, use his strength to fight, and make himself invincible forever is the wisest. And this is even more so at the national level, from the perspective of world history, many countries can benefit themselves the most according to the general trend and the situation, the most typical Of Europe, Italy, Asia, etc., are the same. In addition, there is another country, which can be called the smartest country in the world, which will meet the wind and rudder the most, and will always be invincible and dominate the world for three hundred years.
The country is Britain. We know that the United Kingdom is actually a small island nation, the entire island of Great Britain is 200,000 square kilometers, plus Northern Ireland, a total of 240,000 square kilometers of land, from the world's point of view, the land of bullets. Moreover, The British territory is small, the land is not fertile, and the resources are not rich, so it can be said that the foundation of national strength is very weak.
However, in modern history, The United Kingdom has risen strongly with the land of bullets and dominated the world for 300 years. Many people wonder, what is the basis of the United Kingdom? In the end, what is the magic weapon, in fact, is very simple, the reason why Britain is so strong, not because of anything else, but just its ability to see the wind and make the rudder. What Britain is best at is to see the wind and make the rudder, borrow the force to fight, known as the world's churning stick.
On the European continent, Britain was always able to use the power of other countries to defeat strong enemies, such as when Spain was strong, it united with France and the Netherlands to kill Spain. Later, when France was strong, especially in the Seven Years' War, the British began to use Prussia to attack France together, leaving France crippled. After that, Prussia became strong, and Britain began to unite with France against Prussia.
Especially in World War I and World War II, Britain united with France and Russia, which completely destroyed Prussian Germany, making Britain always dominate in Europe. Not only in Europe to compete for supremacy and rudder, in the time of overseas colonial expansion, Britain is also often playing this set, rarely to deal with strong enemies on their own, basically to pull a few allies together, the most typical invasion of our country in the Opium War, Britain pulled France.
And even used the colonial army to open up the colony, especially the Indians and Nepalese at that time, became the target of the British, and opened up the territory for the British... It is precisely because Britain is smart, good at seeing the wind and steering, and good at guiding according to the situation, so the British Empire can be so powerful in modern times. And Britain was also able to put itself in the right position, weakening itself after World War II, and immediately began to be an obedient little brother, following behind its former colony of the United States.
Living in peace under the protection of the United States, and becoming an agent of American interests in Europe, still controlling Europe... Therefore, although the British country is small, but it is really smart, even if the colonies are independent after World War II, the British are in order to avoid future troubles, often before the withdrawal of mines, such as the partition of India and Pakistan, to India to lay mines, so that India has been in a quagmire can not extricate itself, always living in the confrontation with Pakistan and so on, it is difficult to solve.
Now, our country has begun to rise, and the United Kingdom has seen a new trend, so it has begun to strengthen relations with our country and curry favor with both ends. To this end, it is still invincible, and the United Kingdom has grasped the huge organization of the British Commonwealth very well, and it is still turning clouds on the world stage... It can be said that in terms of intelligence, I am afraid that no country can compare, no wonder The United Kingdom has always been invincible and dominated the world for 300 years!
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Reference: History of the British Empire.