In fact, not only did Nicholas I not agree to the alliance between France and Russia, France was also unwilling to cooperate with Russia. The reason is very simple. The grievances from the Napoleonic era have not been resolved, and there are serious religious conflicts between France and Russia.
The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church are now on the same page. They really dislike each other and it is impossible for them to hold hands.
To put it bluntly, France and Russia are too far apart in terms of common interests and ideologies. Unless a very powerful common threat emerges between the two countries, such as Prussia in history. Without the rise of the Second German Empire, France and Russia would still be
It's really hard to walk together.
Of course, in history, the Franco-Russian alliance was both inevitable and accidental. If Prussia had not committed suicide and been bullied by Denmark, the Danish princess might not have married Alexander III and then tried her best to oppose the German army and promote the alliance between France and Russia.
But these are all things that I won’t mention for now. Li Xiao continued to give Perrier advice: “Not only do you have to make a false shot, you also have to find ways to cause trouble for Cohon. My friend, the advice I gave you before is to do
Yet?"
What advice did Li Xiao give? In fact, it was to bribe the Whig Party's opponent, the Tory Party, to provide ammunition to attack Cohon, and to create public opinion to cause trouble for Cohon.
Perrier smiled and said: "It's already been done. Those lawless people are happy to cause trouble for the horse thieves. The horse thieves have been so powerful over the years that they are almost out of breath. They won't miss the opportunity for revenge if they have one.
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The so-called outlaws naturally refer to the Tories, which is actually Irish and means outlaws. The Tories later evolved into the Conservative Party, the ancestors of the people who voted in favor of Brexit in later generations.
It's just that the Tories are in misery these days, because the prosperity of capitalism and free trade comes from the Scots word "whig". The Whig Party, later the Liberal Party, has the absolute upper hand in politics, and has been in control for decades.
The government has almost reduced the Tories to an iron stool.
However, as the economy of the British Empire was gradually overtaken by the United States and Germany at the end of the 19th century, the Whigs became increasingly outdated, and were eventually overtaken by the Tories. Anyway, these two families have always been in love with each other.
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Let’s put it this way, although the Tories have no hope of coming to power, it does not mean that they will not cause trouble with the Whigs. Many of John Russell’s policies have been violently attacked by the Tories before, such as the Balkans issue, the Jerusalem issue, and Russia.
It's a matter of relations. It's just that the Whigs are too powerful and the Tories don't have very good ammunition, so this type of attack is more like scratching an itch.
But when Li Xiao took action and personally arranged a series of black materials to be delivered to his door, the situation was completely different.
Soon a series of gossips appeared in the Guardian and The Times, including the inside story of the Wallachian coup and how Cohun and Sir Thomas Edwards fell in love and killed each other.
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In these versions of the story, without exception, Cohon is the villain. In Li Xiao's writing, Cohon is a mediocre and inactive bureaucrat, while Sir Thomas Edwards is the one who motivates Vallach
The hero who broke out the anti-Russian revolution in Asia. But the credit of the kind-hearted hero was shamelessly stolen by the shady bureaucrats. In order to prevent the public from knowing the truth of the matter, the despicable bureaucrats secretly hatched a conspiracy and shamefully assassinated the poor hero.
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Anyway, this story has all the true and false things mixed together. Call it false. There is a lot of inside information in it, such as how the British planned the anti-Russian coup in Wallachia step by step. The details are all true.
Yes, but the character was changed to Sir Thomas Edwards.
But if you want to say it is true, it is completely unrecognizable. Anyway, to the general public, it looks like that, but to those who really know the inside story, it is complete nonsense.
Anyway, when Palmerston read these gossips, he was furious and angrily protested to Lord John Russell: "These news are bullshit! They are all nonsense! We all know what Cohon did.
That’s right, if it weren’t for him, Wallachia would still be enslaved by the Russians! These random fabrications are all obscene criticism and lies!”
John Russell was not particularly concerned about this. He had not been very interested in the Balkan issue, and he did not want to get involved in the grievances between Russia, Austria and France. As for Cohon, who was doing nothing on his own, he
The feeling is even more ordinary. He hates his subordinates who just wander around without saying hello.
What's more, John Russell thinks that Cohoon is just a small person, just a consul general. What will happen to such a small person, even if he is sprayed out by the Tories? He can't be replaced by a consul general in Bucharest.
So he said to Palmerston very calmly: "We all know that these newspapers like to gossip and make big mouths! But if we have to do our best to defend every rumor they spread, then the cabinet will not have to do anything else.
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"What's more, these things in the newspaper are all analysis and speculation, and they didn't say it was definitely true. What's great is that they have to apologize and have to fight a long lawsuit. The best way is to ignore them. In a few days
When people get tired of these boring stories, they will naturally forget about them. If we come out to protest, we will help them attract attention, turn small things into big things, and finally make things get out of hand!"
Finally, John Russell calmly concluded: "So the last solution is to ignore it, ignore it, and let it disappear on its own!"
Palmerston was full of criticism. He was a man who acted decisively and resolutely. His purpose in life was to proactively solve all problems and never be sloppy. Therefore, he was very dissatisfied with John Russell's cold treatment methods.
He argued again: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the reputation of an upright gentleman is not a trivial matter at this time. How can we let it go? I am very worried that if we let it go, our enemies will make a big fuss about it and criticize it.
and slander us!”
However, John Russell still disagreed with this, and the reason was very simple, because he looked down on the Tories at all, and felt that this party was already a toothless tiger and could not make any waves at all. He felt that the Tories were just a bunch of jumpers.
The clown can be defeated with three punches and two kicks, no need to make a fuss at all!
So he ruthlessly rejected Palmerston's suggestion again and said forcefully: "There is no need to pay special attention to this matter. It is irrelevant. My friend, I need you to focus on more important things."
, instead of caring about the trivial scandals of a mere consul general!"