v3 Chapter 245： Tsarist Empire isolated from Europe

Napoleon III and Prime Minister Olivier also cast their gazes north in Paris.

Napoleon III: "Find a way to stop them, otherwise the French Empire will meet the most powerful enemy on the European continent"

Olivier: "Your Majesty, the Tsarist Empire has the same idea as us, and the two countries are developing channels to communicate, but"

Napoleon III glanced at Olivier dissatisfied, and said, "But what? Say what you have, don't hide it."

Olivier said carefully: "The Russian ambassador to France has made a request to our French Foreign Ministry, asking the French Empire to help negotiate peace with Britain and the Ottoman Empire."

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at the same time.

Tsarist Russia, St. Petersburg.

Alexander II asked Gorchakov: "Why call France to mediate our relations with Britain in the Balkans?"

The Minister of the Army Mi Road and the Minister of the Navy Nikolayevich also looked at Gorchakov, the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire.

Gorchakov said: "Because France used to sit in the mountains and watch tigers fight, but it can no longer be maintained. The arrogant France in the past was at risk of being crushed in front of the Germanic countries. Tsarist Russia took the initiative to show her favor. , to give the good-faced Napoleon III a step down, the Tsarist Russian Empire will be the best partner in the current situation."

Archduke Nikolaevich frowned and said, "But in this case, the Tsarist Russian Empire will probably need to rely more on France for a period of time in the future."

Gorchakov said wisely: "The Tsarist Empire has been facing embattled diplomacy since the Crimean War. In fact, the German summit has become an opportunity for us."

"What opportunity?" Alexander II couldn't help asking.

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French Empire, Paris.

Napoleon III asked: "What do you mean by saying that the Russian Empire has many benefits?"

"Your Majesty, the Russian Empire may have really taken advantage of this situation and gained huge benefits, and it may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of this summit," Olivier sighed.

See Napoleon III's dissatisfaction on his face.

Prime Minister Olivier explained to Napoleon III: "Because of the Crimean War of 1853-1856, the Russian Empire was almost isolated in Europe, and even the original ally, Joseph I of the Austrian Empire, claimed to be a neutral country and had no help. The Tsarist Russian Empire, instead, sent troops on the border between the two countries, causing Nicholas I to commit suicide due to his defeat.

As a result, the two countries deteriorated to freezing point, which made Tsarist Russia become a loner.

For more than ten years, Alexander II, who succeeded to the throne in 1856, has been carrying out domestic reforms, contacting the serf-slavery-system liberation-liberation labor force, promoting the industrial development of the Russian state, and trying to improve the relationship between the Russian Empire and other countries in Europe and the world. , but because the United Kingdom blocked the force from it, and finally returned without success, the Netherlands was an accident, because the Netherlands has invested in Tsarist Russia for hundreds of years, but it made Tsarist Russia a place for Dutch capital and markets to compete.

Coupled with the many marriages between Prussia and Tsarist Russia, in the Tsarist Russian government, Prussians became many official advisors in the government, and even in the 1950s, many important positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were Prussians. After Chakov was called back by Alexander II to accept the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he began to remember the policy of de-popularization, and finally completed the Slavization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After becoming prime minister, it further accelerated the refurbishment of the Slavs ruling government-government in Tsarist Russia.

This made Tsarist Russia more united, just like this Balkan war, without the concerns of Prussian officials, the Tsarist Russian Empire, which was twisted into a rope by Gorchakov, actually resisted the British-Ottoman Empire and the Austrian Empire. challenges, which surprised many.

Your Majesty, the Tsarist Empire did win the early stage of the Balkan War, but it also offended Berlin and became more isolated.

So the Lincoln government, which has been an asset some time ago, clearly wants to build alliances outside Europe.

If you want to have such a small group of Germans, it makes Tsarist Russia and France have the same interests. Hehe, I estimate that the Tsarist Russian Empire is not only a one-sided request for mediation to us, maybe other countries such as Italy and Spain have also become the targets of the Tsarist Russian Empire. Tsarist Russia wants to use this to directly improve relations with southern Europe. "

Not only the Russian Empire and the French Empire are paying close attention to the Germanic heads of state summit that is about to start in Sweden, but even the countries in the Americas have stopped and turned their attention to Scandinavia in northern Europe.

Countries in southern Europe are even more complicated looking north.

If this meeting is held successfully, and the result is to ease the various Germanic countries, it will be an invisible disaster for the countries, because these countries are too powerful, it is a hanging ceiling in ancient Greek legends Like the Sword of Damocles, a force from northern Europe has shown tremendous strength to all parts of the world. If they disagree, they can bring about the end of the world to other countries in the world.

Among them, Louis I of Portugal felt completely uncomfortable about this, because just before, Portugal and the Netherlands had a deadlock to war. Although the relationship between the two has eased now, it is only a mere formality. The hatred between the two countries is because of Africa. The colonial war has deteriorated the national relations between the two countries to the point where they almost hate the local people. Therefore, now in South America, Brazil and Argentina dominate South America, and the two countries also hold their own positions and continue to compete.

Prime Minister Barreto is also very dignified.

"The most proud people in Europe today are not Germans. From the physical appearance, the Germans have a pair of sharp blue eyes, blond hair, a burly body, and long hair.

This is different from our Latins in southern Europe. The Germans are almost a head taller than our Latins, and every time they negotiate, they will tie their long hair on the top of their heads, which makes us even shorter. Perhaps it is their usual offensive strategy, which is the case in Yingpu and other countries. "

Seeing that Louis I didn't care, Barreto continued:

"And compared with other peoples, the Germans have a daunting habit, that is, from ancient times to the present, the Germans have almost inherited long beards and long hair and never cut them off."

A Brazilian immigrant minister next to him asked: "Why don't they cut it?"

Louis I was also curious.

Barreto: "Because they cast a terrible custom, which is to wait until you kill an enemy with your own hands, then shave your beard, and then stand on the enemy's corpse and show his face for the first time to show him Begins adult life"

Hearing this, King Louis I trembled all over, is this so?