In fact, everyone understands what the British answer is.
It is nothing more than the usual British policy - continental balance.
Britain is pursuing the "continental balance of power policy" and the "glorious isolation policy", playing the role of "offshore balancer", becoming an "empire on which the sun never sets" and acquiring a quarter of the world's land.
However, it is precisely because of their policy that they have a habit of cheating their teammates every day. What is balance? It means that there cannot be a No. 1 country, so that the allies in the previous war will immediately become enemies, and the original enemies will become allies. This kind of
The national strategy of cheating allies has caused the entire world to have extreme distrust of Britain, leaving them with no reliable alliance system.
Bismarck, Germany's "iron chancellor" with superb diplomatic skills, gave a more vivid metaphor to the treacherous British: "Britain's foreign policy is to find idiot scapegoats on the European continent who can resist the European overlords for him."
Of course, this is for powerful countries. For small and weak countries like Italy, of course they welcome Britain's "offshore balancing hand policy", because only in this way can they obtain the support of Britain, and this is what Cummins will do.
Reason for appearing here.
Because Italy needs the support of the United Kingdom! If Italy wants to achieve unification, it cannot do without the support of major powers. France must not think about it. Then only the United Kingdom is left.
This is also the reason why Italy chose the United Kingdom. Because only the United Kingdom will support their request for the Papal States!
Now that the French have laid out their strategy, what about the British? How will the British face the French conspiracy? Benjamin, as the British Prime Minister, fell into silence.
There was even a moment when he believed that the British Empire was in an unprecedented danger. This was the first time that several powerful countries had united.
But is it really that simple?
Be it the French or the Russians, including the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They each have their own goals and desires. How could they possibly agree on their interests?
Although Benjamin was a little skeptical about this, he had to be vigilant.
"The United Kingdom will continue to support Italy. If they try to harm the interests of the United Kingdom and its allies, then the United Kingdom will never be silent."
Benjamin looked at Cummins, the Italian ambassador. He certainly knew what the other party was looking for when he came here. What he was looking for was British support.
"Britain's attitude remains unchanged as in the past. We believe that Rome should be the eternal capital of Italy and not just belong to one person."
Benjamin's answer is exactly what Italy hopes to get. Although everyone knows very well that this answer is a bit too empty. But this is just the beginning. As time goes on, their cooperation will deepen day by day. After all, they have
common enemy.
What is the core of the international political game? It is nothing more than to win over friends and isolate enemies. When the Italians made their choice, in a castle on the outskirts of Vienna, Ming Dynasty, France, Russia and the Austria-Hungary Empire as the host, the four-nation diplomacy
Ministers have been negotiating here for two days.
All the core of the negotiations revolve around one key point - the Eastern Question!
This is a spoils-sharing conference for the "Eastern Question". Of course, this "Eastern Question" refers to the Ottoman Empire across the Eurasian continent, not the Asian continent. If the four countries cannot reach an agreement on dividing the spoils, then the "Eastern Question" will be shelved
Already.
At the same time, each also had a four-nation alliance treaty.
"If that doesn't work, then we will exclude Austria-Hungary."
Faced with the persistence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkans, Russian Foreign Minister Gorchakov thought of the Tsar's instructions before leaving St. Petersburg.
Compared with the French, the differences between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are greater. Both of them have their own ideas about the Balkan Peninsula. To be more precise, both of them hope to turn the Balkan Peninsula into their own land.
"Russia is the guardian of all Orthodox Christians."
Once again, Gorchakov emphasized the rationality of Russia’s demands for the Balkans.
"The reason why we are willing to join this alliance is because this is our responsibility and obligation to the Orthodox Christians in the Balkans and other places. Russia has the responsibility to rescue them and liberate them from the rule of monotheists."
At this moment, Russia's image seems to be great and upright, but in fact, everyone knows that this is just a reason.
"We can understand your religious sentiments about the Balkans, but you must also understand that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has the Austro-Hungarian Empire's territorial needs. In the past few hundred years, we have fought with the Turks for hundreds of years.
We've lost a lot, and it's time to get those lands back, not just what we've lost."
In the international political game, no one talks too much about historical emotions. Most of the time, what they talk about is interests.
Friedrich Ferdinand von Boynster, Austria-Hungary's foreign minister who had negotiated the creation of the Austrian-Hungarian dual monarchy a few years earlier, had been instrumental in restoring the Habsburg dynasty.
status in the world.
This is also the fundamental reason why he supports joining this alliance. Because in this alliance, Austria can get more generous returns.
"Your Excellency, I think every country sitting here today has its own wishes. As we all know, Austria is the leader of Germany, but Austria under the leadership of Prussia has been excluded from Germany. This is a historical reality.
Our alliance is not just to get some rewards from Turkey, but more importantly, we have to focus on the future."
Zhu Guozhong looked at the foreign ministers of the three countries and said in fluent French.
"The future is the most important, and Turkey is also very important. This is the basis of our cooperation. If we can reach an agreement on the Turkey issue, then it will be possible for us to achieve our respective goals in the future. If the four countries work together,
, no country can stop our actions."
Even if they don't say it, everyone knows who Zhu Guozhong will stop them. Who will stop them? Only Britain.
"Britain will not allow France to expand in North Africa, nor will it allow Austria to unify Germany, and of course it will not allow Russia to regain Constantinople. Of course, it will not allow some of our small ideas in America."
Zhu Guozhong looked at them and said in a rather helpless tone.
"This is the reality. Why are we unable to oppose the British's obstruction? In the final analysis, it is because the strength of our country is far from being able to challenge the British. This is the fundamental reason why we join hands. Of course, this does not mean that there are no interests between us.
For example, the unification of Germany may threaten France and Russia, and Russia's expansion in the Balkans may threaten Austria-Hungary. What we need now is to resolve this issue through negotiations, which is what we have done here today.
Reason. We all firmly believe that when we are united, no country in this world can challenge us. This is the fundamental reason why we must reach an agreement, otherwise, our ideas will always be just delusions that cannot be realized.
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When Zhu Guozhong's incarnation fell, French Foreign Minister Alexander stood up and applauded him, and said while applauding.
"Gentlemen, the reason why we are sitting here today is to reach a consensus. There are some disputes that we can put aside for the time being. Let us first focus on our common interests-reaching the most basic consensus on the issue of carving up Turkey. You guys