Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 391

How to change the situation, Nicholas II is still pondering, but this does not prevent him from asking his subordinates.

"Izvolsky, this time you are re-elected as the foreign minister. I am satisfied with the handling of Japan's affairs..."

"As long as His Majesty is satisfied!" Izvolski wiped the sweat from his brow, and his heart gradually became more at ease.

"but……"

Nicholas II's words suddenly made Izvolski's heart rise to his throat.

"Tell me about the current situation in the Balkan Peninsula. This is also your fault." Nicholas II said pretending to be relaxed.

The Balkan Peninsula is now the focus of the western part of Tsarist Russia. It actually involves two issues. One is the outlet of the Turkish Strait, and the other is the pan-Slavic nationalist circle created by Tsarist Russia but failed.

"Your Majesty, at present, I think it is better to handle the situation in the Balkan Peninsula with a gentle attitude. The empire needs the convenience of the Turkish Strait too much, and it can be regarded as maintaining a stable situation." Izvolski said to himself, But he didn't notice the displeasure flashing in Nicholas II's eyes, but he didn't interrupt the moderates until they finished speaking.

"You mean to maintain the status quo?"

At this time, the Russian Empire bordered the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Nicholas II resolutely withdrew his troops. Although the double-headed eagle looked after each other, the Tsarist Russian Empire was unable to look after each other at this time.Emphasizing the west and letting the east go is the key strategy of the current Tsarist Russian Empire.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Turkish Strait is an important place at the exit throat of the Empire. In this situation, it may be difficult for the Black Sea Fleet of the Empire to say that it is unimpeded. But I am still working hard to persuade Britain and France." Izvolsky said As if guaranteed.

Strive for persuasion?Nicholas II raised his eyelids, and the dissatisfaction just now continued to intensify.It is the Ottoman Empire, which he considers a second-rate country, that actually controls the Turkish Strait now, but it is this second-rate country that holds the thighs of the British and French and curbs the empire's naval influence.

If this second-rate country had a brain twitch and blocked the Turkish Strait, the most convenient outlet of the Black Sea, and lost the influence of the Black Sea Fleet, how could Tsarist Russia be called an empire in his mind?Bullied Empire?
"how long?"

"Your Majesty, it may take time..."

"It seems that you still can't close the basket you poked!" Nicholas II's words were somewhat meaningful.

Izvolsky couldn't help taking a deep breath again. This was the second time that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tsarist Russian Empire mentioned the word "basket".For the mistakes he made, he has already been punished, and besides, this is something the emperor decided a few years ago.

The current officials in Tsarist Russia are divided into the conservative faction and the court faction. As the foreign minister, he is only responsible to the emperor himself, and he is obviously a proper court faction player.

But such players are obviously being replaced according to the representatives of the Tsarist Russian emperor himself.To say that Izvolsky served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tsarist Russia again means that after he took over in 1906, he also served as the ambassador to France for a while in the middle, which can be regarded as atonement for the basket he stabbed.

It happened in 1908, and Izvolski engaged in a backdoor diplomacy.To be honest, this time, it was actually the Austro-Hungarian Empire that put the Tsarist Russian Empire together.

Because it was indeed an opportunity at that time, an opportunity to establish the rights of the Tsarist Russian Empire in the Turkish Strait: In 1908, the Ottoman Empire, which actually controlled the Turkish Strait, had a change. The stage where the empire is unable to exert its strength.

The Tsarist Russian Empire saw the opportunity and accelerated the negotiations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The three houses are surrounded by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Balkan Peninsula. In fact, it has the taste of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history. The Balkan Peninsula is like Jingzhou, and the Turkish Strait is like Chibi.

In the end, who will benefit the most from this European version of the "Battle of the Red Cliff" that is being carried out secretly.

On behalf of the Tsarist Russian Empire, Wei Guo contributed the most and suffered the most losses.

On behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Shu made four or two moves to conquer the city first.

On the other hand, Wu represents the Ottoman Empire, just shouting the old iron 666, and permanently lost the "Jingzhou", which is the opportunity to move westward from the Balkan Peninsula.

This back-and-forth battle took place on September 1908, 9, during a meeting between Izvolski and the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Ellenthal.

The purpose is to allow the Tsarist Russian Empire to obtain a privileged position on the passage of the Turkish Strait. Tsarist Russian Foreign Minister Izvolis promised in the secret room negotiations: He promised to support the Austro-Hungarian Empire in including the Bosnia-Herzegovina region under its supervision, At this time, the Bosnia and Herzegovina region in the Balkan Peninsula was actually controlled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

lack of international recognition.

The outstanding Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is calling for the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Empire consisting of Austria and Hungary to a Trinity Empire consisting of Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia.

In fact, Izvolski is not stupid. The reason for using secret diplomacy is actually to ease the emotions of domestic pan-Slavists.Pan-Slavism is the guiding ideology developed by Tsarist Russia to continue westward and conquer cities. In fact, it can also be said to be an important factor why the Red Empire has various countries joining for a while.

It can be said that this act of sacrificing the guiding ideology for the sake of the economy is betraying the interests of some people in the Tsarist Russian Empire, but for the sake of the Turkish Strait, Tsarist Russia is fighting!
But this was originally just a proposal. In the future, Izvolski will seek the support of Britain, France, and Germany to complete his great diplomatic compromise follow-up actions.

However, Izvolski, who had just finished the talks, had just arrived in France and started to act. The British behind the Ottoman Empire already knew this: the Austro-Hungarian Empire would annex Bosnia and Herzegovina within three days.It was the British who got the news.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire's move was four or two, which directly caused an uproar in Europe at that time, because the Austro-Hungarian Empire was really developing towards the situation of the Three Yuan Empire. The rise of a pro-German empire was something that Britain and France did not want to see.

It didn't matter if Britain got angry, there was even a wave of abuse in the Tsarist Russian Empire, and public opinion accused Izvolsky of betraying the interests of the Slavs.

And behind all this, Nicholas II was directing, and the blame was really pinned on Izvolsky. After being kicked to France as an ambassador for a period of time, he was transferred back to Russia. Foreign Secretary again.

At this time, Nicholas II mentioned this matter twice. Obviously, this was an action that was actually Izvolsky's mistake and had nothing to do with the Tsar himself.

Izvolski is speechless...

"His Majesty!"

"Let's talk about how to deal with it in the future." The Austro-Hungarian Empire did annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, started the construction of their three-yuan empire, and confronted Russia with the formal dispatch of troops. This time happened to be the time when the Russian Army Minister purchased 10 The time of ten thousand guns.

"In the future, in the future..." Izvolsky hesitated. He had said everything just now, but he still had to deal with it gently, and His Majesty the Emperor was not satisfied, so what else should I say?

At present, the warming of Anglo-American relations has led to the union of the Anglo-Saxon races.

An ally of Germany and Austria, marking the union of the Germanic nations.Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a multi-ethnic country, the Germanic nation dominated.

What about the Slavic peoples?We have to unite too!

This is the reason why Nicholas II sat back and watched the formation of the Pan-Slavic circle within Tsarist Russia.

He now wants to hear if Izvolsky, who is known as a moderate diplomat in the Tsarist Russian Empire, has any mature suggestions to restore this guiding ideology of his country, but right now, it seems that there is no!

"Okay, since you have no other ideas, turn around and start preparing!"

Izvolsky looked at Nicholas II in a daze. Sure enough, the ominous premonition finally came true. What are you going to do? Resign.

With the new Tsarist Russian Foreign Minister Sassonov taking office, Britain and France are dissatisfied with the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Tsarist Russia allowed its younger brother Serbia to be dissatisfied with its independence. All these factors are straining the relationship in the Balkan Peninsula. This area, known as the powder keg for later generations, has begun to develop in an uncontrollable direction.

Why did Britain and France disagree, and Russia pinched its nose and recognized that the Pan-Slavic circle was destroyed?

Although Britain, France, and Russia seem to be getting closer in the past few years, secretly, they are like a few children. I support what you oppose, and I oppose what you support. In short, Tsarist Russia in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot expand into its own territory. , then it is also possible to disgust the Ottoman Empire supported by Britain and France.

This is a pain for Serbia, who has always regarded Tsarist Russia as his protector, and began to embark on the road of resistance...

Ice city
Compared with the situation in Europe, Zhu Chuanwen is more concerned about his "home". The news of Japan-Russia talks in St. Petersburg was revealed by Andre. Zhu Chuanwen only glanced at it, and he understood what Andre meant.

"Uncle Cao, is Qilu really not peaceful anymore?" At the end of August 1910, Zhu Chuanwen met Cao Dezhong, who had ended the grand movement of people in Qilu, and asked about the detailed situation of Qilu area. He knew the general things, but Cao Dezhong I personally experienced some in Qilu.

Information is always cold, but real experience is warm.

"Boss teacher, Qilu is in chaos right now. When I left, Qu Shiwen was leading tens of thousands of peasants to riot, and the hunters were also reporting that Laizhou City was under attack."

"It still didn't come down in the end." Zhu Chuanwen said with a little regret.

This song poem is over sixty years old, so it can be said that it is really old and strong.

"What's Qilu's situation now?" Zhu Chuanwen asked again.

"With the military disaster, with the previous cold disaster, the Qilu people who didn't want to leave their homeland have suffered a disaster this time."

"Hey~" Zhu Chuanwen also sighed with emotion. The land of Qilu, which is rich in products, has been played by the Qing court like this. It can be said that the Qing court is exhausted, but it has suffered for the farmers of this era. "Uncle Cao, you are still paying attention here. The hunter has already started towing. The water route is obviously impossible. The land route has to go around Baotou as much as possible. The Xiaoqingshan side is also good. Aunt Wulan's pasture , The farm will begin to gradually expand.”

"Understood, Prime Minister."

"By the way, let the hunters help Qu Shiwen a little bit. It can be said that they are filling up with their lives!"

"President, let the hunters smuggle some weapons?" Cao Dezhong's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's too conspicuous, let's see if we can save a life! Qilu's new army is dispatched, and the Beiyang army is following closely behind. Failure is inevitable." Zhu Chuanwen defined it.

Cao Dezhong didn't speak anymore. When he came out of Jinan Mansion, Qilu's new army had already set out. Qilu was one of the few places Yuan Shikai managed.

Indeed, in the face of the peasant uprising with farm tools to fight, the subsequent battles are really destructive. At this time, the progress is slow, and the failure to participate in the battle is to fight for Yuan Shikai's comeback chips. A Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be said to have made Qing The rulers of the imperial court were terrified and dared not allow the peasants to revolt any longer.

"By the way, Uncle Cao, I have also received a telegram from Xu Shichang! Take a look." Zhu Chuanwen took out a telegram from the table and handed it to Cao Dezhong.

Cao Dezhong looked at the words on the telegram, and the veins on his arms suddenly popped out.But in front of Zhu Chuanwen, he still tried his best to restrain himself.

"Teacher, the grain shop has no money. This year we resettled millions of Qilu farmers. The grain stored in the grain shop in the past two years will be part of this year's harvest." Cao Dezhong burst into tears. This is his first time. Once, he told Zhu Chuanwen that he was poor.

"Uncle Dezhong, I don't want you to pay for the grain shop. I want you to spread this matter to our farmers, so that they can see what the imperial court is like!" Like fire.

Damn, sometimes the Qing court really doesn't care about human affairs.

There was a flood in Tokyo in early August this year, what happened to the Qing Dynasty?Want to use Xu Shichang's relationship to make alms for Hanyao?Think beautiful!

Fortunately, Xu Shichang didn't show up, even if he did, he would never give him this face.

There was a strange phenomenon in the late Qing Dynasty. Even though he had been reduced to a colony, even though his body was covered with blood-sucking insects, he still maintained his "Heavenly Kingdom" demeanor.

The eight words "international feelings, Shangguo demeanor" are enough to satirize the rulers of the Qing court. From 1905 to 1910, the late Qing government also successively provided money and food to the Philippines, the United States and other disaster-stricken countries.The most exasperating thing is that after the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", the compensation was as high as 3000 million taels of silver.

But even in such a predicament, they still supported 10 taels of silver and 60 shi of grain during the flood in Japan.

Where does this money come from?It is said that it is the royal internal treasury, but in fact it is not searched?

If Qilu suffered a disaster this year and exempted agricultural taxes, would there still be such a large-scale peasant uprising?
hey tui!

"It's much easier to handle this way." Cao Dezhong was obviously relieved, but instead asked worriedly: "President Xu, where is Master Xu?"

"Xu Shichang didn't come forward by himself, so he said that he still wanted to save face. This was a telegram sent by his subordinate, Wang Daxie, the left servant of the Post Department. I rejected it. We rejected it, and the China Shipping Merchants Bureau in Shanghai also responded. I declined, to be honest, the people who can figure it out now are those industrialists who are active in the business world." Zhu Chuanwen felt a little emotional, these people are the people Zhu Chuanwen values ​​in this era.

"Teacher, then I'll go back?" Cao Dezhong asked tentatively seeing that Zhu Chuanwen was fine.

"Come back, Uncle Cao, you have worked hard this trip, and the harvest season is coming soon. I will celebrate your success when the grain returns to the warehouse."

every few days
Zhu Chuanwen returned to the porcelain house with a gloomy expression.

"Brother Chuanwen, it's time to eat!" Xian'er called to Zhu Chuanwen.

"Don't eat!" Zhu Chuanwen's tone was a little stiff.

"What? Who made our Mr. Zhu in Bingcheng angry?" Xian'er is also good-tempered, Zhu Chuanwen like this is rare, and this kind of anger is often accompanied by some bad news from the Qing court.

"I don't want to eat!" Zhu Chuanwen's words were still a bit stiff, but with his wrist moving, a newspaper slowly rose up like an automatic elevator.

Like Zhu Chuanwen, Xian'er picked up the newspaper. The newspaper was today, August 1910, 8.

The headline on the front page is—[Japanese flood, the imperial court issued 10 yuan in relief]

Taking a closer look, Wang Daxie, the left servant of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, was re-appointed as the Minister of the Qing Dynasty in Japan, and brought 10 yen to aid Japan, demonstrating the prestige of the Qing Dynasty and the responsibility of the Qing Dynasty as a world power.

Shit!Xian'er couldn't hold back her curse, and rolled her eyes, "Brother Chuanwen, isn't father suppressing bandits in Kyrgyzstan?"

"kindness!"

"Doesn't Ji Province have many Japanese lackeys?"

"Huh?" Zhu Chuanwen raised his voice.

"Let dad clean them up, and the money will come back soon. There are also the Black Dragon Association and the Japanese Ronin. They must eat in Kyrgyzstan. Let Hanyao Trading Company sell the things expensively. The money... "Xian'er said with a smile.

As he spoke, he lightly possessed himself and put it on Zhu Chuanwen's armpit, obviously wanting to pull Zhu Chuanwen to the dinner table.

This time, Zhu Chuanwen didn't use his strength, but walked towards the dining table with a half-push...

(End of this chapter)