The pro-Western policy of the Ottoman Empire has always troubled Dong Shuheng.
In fact, this has a lot to do with the Ottoman Empire's focus on the Balkan Peninsula at this time.
With the exception of Istanbul and Asia Minor, most of the other territories are already autonomous or semi-autonomous.
Places like Egypt have already achieved de facto independence. The empire can no longer extract a penny of tax revenue from them.
Pashas in other places, such as Lebanon, Syria, Baghdad and other places, also have high power.
The main external enemies of the Ottoman Empire were Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia, so they wanted to unite with the powerful powers of Western Europe.
The reforms of Magid I were also based on the French system, and its domestic elites were deeply influenced by Western European countries.
The queen of Megid I was even a Jew.
"Wenxuan, please ask Qingbei to come over later. I think we should go to the Ottoman Empire for another trip." Dong Shuheng ordered.
Jiang Yuqin left the office. He planned to study the history and situation of the Ottoman Empire when he went back.
This country is still a bit mysterious to most Chinese people.
Except for some Ottoman Empire products that often appear in the world, ordinary people don't know much about this country.
Because the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not very far away, Liu Qingbei rushed over soon.
"Qingbei, come and sit quickly." Dong Shuheng greeted quickly.
Liu Qingbei is still in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he is actually a deputy prime minister of the cabinet.
Originally, it was planned to recruit Wang Tao back to take over as the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of the year, but the negotiations with the Chinese people still needed Wang Tao to solve the problem, so he could only let Wang Tao continue to stay in Europa to prepare for the next negotiations.
"President, what's wrong?"
"Qingbei, how much do you know about Aziz, the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?" Dong Shuheng asked.
Liu Qingbei knew that Dong Shuheng had always attached great importance to the relationship with the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire was called the Sick Man of West Asia by the Europeans. If it were not for the purpose of containing the Tsarist Russians, it might have been carved up by several European powers.
Now the Ottoman Empire is just like the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, learning from the West all day long, but the West only wants to gain profits from it and dump goods.
As a diplomat, Liu Qingbei knew that the Ottoman Empire's position was very important.
It is located exactly in the middle of the Eurasian continent and is the crossroads between Europe and Asia.
In such an important position, the Ottoman Empire was lucky, but it was also unfortunate.
If he is still the powerful Ottoman Empire, then he can obtain a lot of benefits by blocking this traffic chokepoint.
In its early days, the Ottoman Empire monopolized trade to the East, especially the spice trade, by cooperating with Venetian merchants, which led the Portuguese nobles to bypass Africa at great cost to find new passages to the East.
Thus began the Age of Discovery in the West that lasted for hundreds of years.
So many Europeans actually hate the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire has long since declined, and no matter how powerful the empire is, it cannot withstand the torment of successive absurd sultans.
The Ottoman Empire now is like a weak man with a treasure.
The most important thing is that this weak man is surrounded by greedy robbers.
Not to mention Tsarist Russia, its greed for land has reached an outrageous level.
The entire northern territory of the Ottoman Empire basically bordered Tsarist Russia.
It can only be said that the Ottoman Empire is really unlucky.
While the Ottoman Empire was in decline, the European countries were developing rapidly.
The Ottoman Empire became the "sick man of West Asia" and a piece of meat on the chopping block of the European powers.
"President, this Abdul Aziz is the younger brother of the previous Sultan Mejid I. He is the oldest member of the Ottoman Empire's royal family. In fact, he was only born in 1530 and is only 32 years old now."
"This Aziz was greatly influenced politically by his elder brother, and he also advocated learning from Western political models for reform."
"So we can think of it as a replica of Megid I."
This is not good news for Dong Shuheng.
In fact, Dong Shuheng would rather have a conservative Sudan, which would make it easier for him to fall to the Renaissance Army.
Because the Baath Army is more tolerant of their religious and political models.
Dong Shuheng can also send people to help Sudan improve the domestic situation.
Let this old empire continue to live, and even live better than before.
However, this established empire originally did not think highly of itself.
This time the Renaissance Army defeated the Great Empire, Dong Shuheng felt that this should be an opportunity.
This victory can make the Ottoman Empire realize that it can change its backer.
"Qingbei, you are going to go to Istanbul recently to meet the new Sultan Aziz. This time we defeated the Great Empire, I think he will change some. According to what you said, this Aziz is at least
A smart person. Dealing with smart people is much better than dealing with a fool." Dong Shuheng said.
Liu Qingbei nodded. This may be his last overseas trip as foreign minister.
"President, I always feel that your attitude towards the Ottoman Empire should change."
"Oh, how do you say this?" Dong Shuheng asked. He also had some ideas, but he wanted to hear what Liu Qingbei had to say.
"Throughout the history of the Ottoman Empire, it was initially suppressed by all European countries. It was not until the rise of Tsarist Russia that Russia began to improve relations with the Ottoman Empire, and even supported the Ottoman Empire in its fight against Tsarist Russia."
"From this point of view, the Ottoman Empire is just a tool used by Western European countries to contain Tsarist Russia and the Habsburg family."
"However, now that Tsarist Russia's strength has been severely weakened by us, Tsarist Russia's main enemy has actually become us in the east. Of course, some people can see this."
"You also know that after the Crimean War, Yinfu began to secretly support Tsarist Russia."
"I think after we defeat the French this time, the Chinese and even the French will change their strategy towards us. They will probably support the development of Tsarist Russia and let Tsarist Russia contain us on land."
Dong Shuheng nodded and said: "You are saying that they are likely to support Tsarist Russia or even work with Tsarist Russia to carve up the Ottoman Empire first. In this way, they will completely block our land passage to the west."
"That's it, President, we can think of it, but the people of the Ottoman Empire can't think of it, because they don't want to admit that they have become a pawn that can be abandoned at will. They still think that they are still the big empire that spans three continents.
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"You are right. People who live in dreams will not wake themselves up by themselves. But your analysis is right. According to the urinary habits of Chinese people, there is a high possibility that they will do this."
Although the Yu people were the overlords in the past, they rarely fought on their own, or they instigated others to do it, and they supported them from behind.
Or find some countries to unite and act together.
This time, because of the events in the subcontinent, the Koreans had to personally fight against the Renaissance Army. In the end, they suffered a big loss.
Their neighbors in Europe took this opportunity to develop and overtake the Great Empire.
Therefore, if the people of the country have a ceasefire with the Renaissance Army this time, they will definitely learn from the experience and will not easily take direct action against the Renaissance Army again.
But to say that the people of Ying will give up and give up is obviously not in line with the narrow-minded character of the Great Ying Empire.
Especially now that Her Majesty the Queen is still a woman who looks broad-minded but is actually narrow-minded.
So what will the Chinese do?
At this time, there was no direct conflict between the several powerful countries in Europe, France and the Renaissance Army. In this subcontinental war, the French colonies on the subcontinent were not affected.
Not only that, the Renaissance Army also reminded local forces not to touch the French and Portuguese colonies.
It is equivalent to providing them with shelter in disguise.
In addition, during the war, France maintained frequent trade exchanges with the Renaissance Army, and even took away the trade share originally controlled by the French.
The original Kingdom of Prussia and the current North German Federation had an invisible alliance with the Baath Army.
Because Prussia was caught in the middle, if it wanted to rise, it must obtain support from external forces.
It is impossible for the two countries, especially France, to tolerate the rise of a great power around them.
Judging from the current situation, Prussia will not break the good relationship with the Baath Army.
Looking at the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph I had been hit by successive defeats and lost confidence.
The current Austro-Hungarian Empire is mainly focused on maintaining the security of its original territories, especially the Hungarian region, which continues to rebound.
In addition, Franz Joseph I was still paying attention to the Balkans to the east.
After all, it is located in the middle reaches of the Danube River, and the Balkans in the lower reaches are on a first-come, first-served basis.
There was no conflict between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Renaissance Army, because they had no conflict in the first place.
Not only that, they also rely on trade with the Greater China Circle.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire needed to import a large amount of goods from the countries in the Greater China Circle every year.
This also requires them to maintain their relationship with the Renaissance Army.
The headquarters of the Renaissance Army's European diplomacy and intelligence ministries are located in Vienna, also because they have the tacit approval of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The only one who can confront the Renaissance Army is Tsarist Russia.
In the whole of Europe, only Tsarist Russia and the Baath Army share a land border, and there are irresolvable conflicts between the two countries.
There is a long boat fire zone between eastern Tsarist Russia and the northwest of the Baath Army.
Yes, it's a ceasefire zone, not a border line.
Because there was only a temporary truce between the Baath Army and Tsarist Russia, neither side recognized the other's borders.
Dong Shuheng did not mind driving Tsarist Russia to the west of the Ural Mountains, and then maintaining a natural dividing line with Tsarist Russia.
Tsarist Russia is also waiting for the opportunity to regain the land they lost in the Far East.
In recent years, no war broke out between Tsarist Russia and the Renaissance Army. That was because Alexander II was not as arrogant and reckless as his father, Nicholas I.
This is a shrewd, capable and clear-headed tsar.
He understands what it means to hide one's strength and bide one's time. He knows that what Tsarist Russia lacks now is not land.
What he most urgently needs to do is solve the current internal problems.
Therefore, since Alexander II came to power, he has re-established relations with European countries.
Several small-scale wars broke out with the Renaissance Army, which were actually mainly staged for Yin Fu.
During these wars, Yongfu gave Tsarist Russia a lot of aid.
Because no matter who wants to fight the Renaissance Army, he must first win over the Russian army and let them send troops to contain the Renaissance Army.
For a time, Tsarist Russia, which everyone clamored to fight during the Crimean War, seemed to be a rare commodity.
Gorchakov became a popular figure among foreign teachers in Europe.
The conflict with the Renaissance Army, through the precise control of Alexander II, has now become an important bargaining chip in the hands of Tsarist Russia.
Through the development of the past few years, Tsarist Russia has gradually recovered from its defeat in the Crimean War.
Because of the large amount of capital input from France and France, Tsarist Russia's financial situation was even better than that under Nicholas I.
Although they lost their fur business in the Far East, it did not have much impact on Tsarist Russia.
The fur business has long become a dispensable and useless part of the Russian economy.
Now this missing piece has been filled.
Alexander II valued Europa's raw material supply market.
Tsarist Russia has just begun the reform of serfdom, and agriculture needs a shot in the arm.
Just as the American Civil War broke out, coupled with the war in the subcontinent, there was a shortage in the supply of raw materials for various industrial countries in Europe.
Tsarist Russia, with its vast land and rich resources and large amounts of arable land, just filled this gap.
Nowadays, Tsarist Russia sends a large amount of raw materials to Western European countries through the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea every year, which creates new financial resources for Tsarist Russia.
When the Chinese people saw that Tsarist Russia was no longer engaging in industrial competition with them, they naturally gave their strong support.
The Daxing government even encouraged its factories to import raw materials from Tsarist Russia.
Invisibly, Europa has also formed an internal circulation market.
It's just that the size of the entire Europa is limited, and most of the countries in it are industrial countries.
There is no core leadership that can adjust the industrial layout of each country, so if this development continues, vicious competition will inevitably occur.
The Renaissance Army is different. Countries in the Greater China Circle basically follow the arrangements of the Renaissance Army.
In this way, there will be no problem of blind development.
For example, the Nanyang region basically develops mining and farming industries. Fuso and the peninsula basically rely on the export of labor.
Although industries will be developed locally, they will only be the most basic industries.
The core of the entire manufacturing industry is still controlled by the Fuxing Army.
Most other places in the Greater China Circle serve this kind of industrial layout.