Chapter 135 Li Shimin: Italy is so serious, I am crying!

[Ethiopia’s martial virtues are relatively abundant, at least in Africa.]

[But Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century was caught in an internal chicken-eating contest. ]

【It is in a situation where many heroes emerge. 】

【At that time, the European and American imperialist powers were at their peak of dividing up the world. 】

[Most of the countries in Africa have become colonies.]

【The imperialist powers all hope to have their own colonies in Africa. 】

[Although Italy was a latecomer among the great powers, it was unwilling to lag behind and also wanted to develop colonial business in Africa. ]

[However, Italy entered the market too late and was relatively weak, which resulted in it being unable to compete with other powers in Africa.]

【In the end, Italy set its sights on East Africa.】

[Some of the land, including Ethiopia, remains independent. ]

[In the eyes of the imperialist powers, this is just a piece of fat meat. ]

[Italy has set its sights on Ethiopia, but because it is worried about interference from Britain and France, which also have power nearby, it does not dare to rob directly. ]

[I had to buy a piece of land in northeastern Ethiopia by half-cheating and half-buying.]

[That is what is now Eritrea.]

[Possessing Eritrea is equivalent to opening Ethiopia's northeastern gateway, which is conducive to Italy's further invasion of Ethiopia. ]

[At this time, Ethiopia was in a state of internal strife, and the leader of the Principality of Shoa was called Menelik. ]

【When Menelik was young, his country was destroyed and his family was ruined. He later fled back to his hometown and formed an army. 】

[Among the princes of the Holy Ethiopian Empire, he is an insignificant one. ]

【He deeply realized that only a unified Ethiopia could resist the invasion of imperialist powers. 】

[In order to end the chicken-eating competition in the country, Menelik decided to seek assistance from foreign forces. ]

【At that time, the strongest countries with colonial power in East Africa were Britain and France. 】

[Although Britain and France are strong, they are too strong. ]

[Menelik was not very willing to cooperate with Britain and France.

[After much thought, I think Italy, which has some strength but is not very strong, is a good choice. 】

[And it just so happens that Italy is also extremely eager to have its own colonies. ]

【Ethiopia had not yet been controlled by Britain and France and was in a blank period.】

[The two countries hit it off! ]

[A cooperation agreement was reached immediately.]

【Italy provided weapons assistance and technical guidance to Menelik. 】

【Menelik was originally an emperor of great talent and strategy. In Ethiopian history, he was equivalent to their Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi. 】

[Menelik, who was quite capable of both civil and military affairs, directly launched a dimensionality reduction attack on other princes after obtaining Italian weapons! ]

【It took two years to unify the country. 】

【Crown the Holy Ethiopian Emperor.】

【After Menelik ascended the throne, he also needed to transfer interests to Italy. 】

[This naturally includes some traitorous clauses.]

【However, in the frenzy of imperialist powers dividing up the world at that time, it was already very difficult to guarantee a certain degree of national sovereignty. 】

[Even now, there are only three countries in the world that have independent and sovereign power. ]

[Even the world's most powerful country today cannot be independent. ]

[This further highlights the difficulties Ethiopia was experiencing at the time.]

[Menelik agreed to some of Italy's conditions, such as formally recognizing Eritrea as belonging to Italy, and the two sides launching a series of political and economic cooperation. ]

[It is equivalent to recognizing Italy as a big brother, but only a big brother, not a father. ]

[Both parties signed the treaty, which was written in two copies, one in Italian and the other in Ethiopian.]

【Originally, this matter was over. 】

[But Italy didn't dare to do it openly, so it used fraudulent means to create a hidden contract.]

[Everything is normal in the Ethiopian treaty.] [The Italian treaty not only contains the previous content, but also stipulates that Ethiopia's diplomatic power is handed over to Italy, and all international affairs of Ethiopia are handled by Italy.]

……

Outside the sky.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng smiled.

"Italy is such a disloyal country. As a powerful country, it actually used such a small trick to defraud the backward countries in Africa. Isn't it embarrassing?"

And Fusu also followed Ying Zheng's words.

"It's true that you don't mind losing face."

"But after watching the previous sky-screen video about Burundi, we also know that those later Western colonizers had no bottom line."

"In comparison, Italy's use of a treaty to defraud Ethiopia is considered relatively civilized."

Late Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei looked at Ethiopia and signed the Yin-Yang contract unclearly.

He also said with some concern:

“We know that in that later era, the European colonial powers were the top powers in the world at that time.”

"Other countries, especially those in Africa, are relatively backward and can hardly be rivals to the Maximists in the West."

"I was already weak in the first place, and now I was tricked into signing a shady contract."

"I'm afraid it's not good."

And in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was also amused by Italy's shameless behavior and couldn't help but complain:
"Italy could have just robbed it, but it still signed a contract!"

"He really made me cry to death."

For a time, ancient people were very disgusted with Italy's practice of engaging in secret contracts.

It is also generally felt that Ethiopia is in danger.

However, at the same time, I had the idea that Italy was shameless.

Everyone is also confused.

Isn’t the theme of this sky-high video saying that the Italian army is incompetent, has weak combat effectiveness, and cannot win the war?

But now it looks like.

The conflict is between Italy and Ethiopia.

It's impossible that Italy can't even defeat Ethiopia alone, right?
Three Kingdoms.

After a brief analysis, Zhuge Liang deduced a possibility.

“There’s no way Italy can beat Ethiopia.”

“It must be that Italy’s monopoly of Ethiopia caused dissatisfaction among other powers.”

"After all, Ethiopia is not a small country if you look at the map."

"Italy itself is not strong, but it is ambitious to occupy such a large area."

"Then other powers will surely interfere."

Zhuge Liang gave a potential possibility guess while continuing to look at the sky.

[With the shady contract that was signed by Ethiopia, Italy officially announced in front of the European powers that Ethiopia would become a vassal protectorate of Italy.]

[After the official announcement, it will be difficult for other European and American powers to grab it directly. 】

【Menelik soon discovered something was wrong with the contract.】

[He took the initiative to contact several countries including Europe, hoping that the international community could seek justice.]

【But the "international community" at that time said: I hope Ethiopia will not stand against the international community. 】

[Although there are conflicts among the great powers, they are all bandit imperialism after all, and generally speaking they are in the same boat.]

【Ethiopia complained everywhere, but no one paid attention.】

【So Menelik prepared for war while formally announcing the abolition of the treaty with Italy. 】

【Italy is angry! 】

(End of this chapter)