readx;?Alexander. Nikolayevich left the St. Petersburg Winter Palace, the last time he left the splendid palace built in the time of Catherine the Great, lying in a tall four-wheeled carriage covered with the flags of the Eastern Roman Empire, Pan-Slavic and the black, yellow and white Romanov flags, escorted by six young men of the Romanov family in blue military uniforms. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Alexander II's hearse was accompanied by not only the dignitaries of the Eastern Roman-Russian Empire, but also ambassadors or envoys of various countries.

There was the Marquess of Salisbury, the Foreign Secretary of the British Empire, who was in Petersburg at the time of the assassination of Alexander II, and for some time he traveled frequently between Berlin, Vienna and Petersburg, and now represents the British Empire to mourn the great Tsar. By the way, I want to conclude some secret treaty with the Russian side...... For example, the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean stayed in Constantinople and did not wander around, and Britain promised not to attack Russia from the sea and would not send ground troops to support Germany and Austria - of course, this was a remedial policy in the event that Britain "had to" declare war on Russia. The best possible scenario is that Russia can abandon the attack on Poland. Then Britain was willing to help Russia catch the culprit of the Tsar's assassination.

The French and Roman Empires sent Patrice. Marshal McMahon. He was now Minister of War in France and the Roman Empire. He participated in the last war against Russia and the North American war, and also served as a military advisor to the Kingdom of Donghua and the Mexican Empire. He was accompanied by Jujuan, the envoy of the Mexican Empire.

Juan had just arrived in France at the time of Alexander II's assassination and discussed with his mother the possibility of dividing up North America, which Juan had no intention of unifying for the time being, but only wanted to obtain part of the land west of the Mississippi River and part of Canadian territory in order to establish a great Donghua empire in North America. For the rest of the land of the United States and Canada. He wanted France to get Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, southeastern Ontario, and establish a new French empire on these lands. At the same time, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas were to be separated from the Union in order to create a Caribbean kingdom attached to France, which would be ruled by a princess of the House of Bonaparte and the wife of Juan. Juan hopes that he will have two sons, one to inherit Donghua and the other to inherit the Caribbean Kingdom...... In this way, there will be two Chinese countries in North America in the future. Donghua and Beihua; the three white nations, the United States (I don't know what it is), New France, and the Kingdom of the Caribbean; In addition, there is a Mexican of mixed Indo-European descent. And Donghua is undoubtedly the most powerful overlord!

Upon learning of the assassination of Alexander II, both Juan and Mathilde realized that the camp for the world war would soon become clear. Nicholas II was bound to go west to Poland, and then to the Balkans! Germany and Austria must be resolutely opposed. After China and Britain became enemies, Russia and Germany and Austria would become enemies again - this is almost a result that can be guessed on the heels. Germany's industry was almost equal to that of France, and its population was larger than that of the French (excluding Italians), and the Germans had hardly developed a navy, and devoted all their energies to the Continental Army. Therefore, Germany's expansion is nothing more than three directions: westward, southward and eastward.

Among them, there is little room for westward expansion, and it will lose the large market of the "Western Roman Customs and Trade Union" because of the war with France. And. Saltpeter, which was very important to German industry, was imported from the Acatama Desert, which was under the control of the Mexican Empire. Although Germany also accumulated a certain amount of reserves at home, they were not enough to support the war attrition that was likely to last for several years! So. The Germans would have mostly maintained their friendship with France and concentrated their efforts on either east or south - had it not been for the assassination of Alexander II, Wilhelm I and Bismarck would probably have remained neutral until the situation became clearer, and would have hesitated to go east and south. But now Nicholas II was preparing to attack Poland, which was clearly unacceptable to Germany. So there is no way for Germany to stay out of the situation, and there is no need to worry about whether to go south or east.

As a result, the Germans behaved extremely indifferently towards the funeral of Alexander II, and only their ambassador in Petersburg showed up at the funeral site. Similarly, the Prime Minister or Foreign Secretary of the Holy Roman Empire did not show up. Franz. No matter how confused Emperor Joseph was, he knew that Russia had always had ideas about the Balkans. If Austria wanted to occupy it forever, the best option was to completely weaken Russia and take Constantinople and Russian territory on Asia Minor.

As for China, because of the long distance, it was too late to send any big people, so it was Ambassador Zeng Jize who attended the funeral. However, it was enough to have Zhu Juan, the son of the Ming Emperor, go to Petersburg.

Juan, dressed in a black military uniform, sat in an open carriage, not the French envoy Marshal McMahon, but the Chinese ambassador Zeng Jize, who was talking in a low voice on the way to the Peter and Paul Fortress.

"What the emperor means is that there is no need for France to participate in the war on the European continent at the moment, and it is better to continue to remain neutral." Zeng Jize explained Zhu Jishi's intentions. Emperor Zhu knew that there was a Franco-Prussian War, and he was afraid that the French would be defeated by Germany and Austria. That's a big basket! So where possible, France is still neutral.

"My mother wants neutrality above all else," Jujuan said, "and she doesn't want to take risks from the bottom of her heart." Unless the situation is completely clear, my mother and the Empress Dowager Eugenie will not lead France on an adventure. Even if France entered the war, they would not let the French army take the initiative to attack. Only troops will be sent to hold Jérôme. Peel Line. ”

Jérôme. The Peel Line was also a product of defensive versatility, and was created by the former French War Minister Jérôme. Under the auspices of Marshal Peel, a defensive system was built in western France to defend against Germany. It included a chain of forts, a system of trench defenses, and a rail transport system that supported the defensive line. The entire line of defense had been under construction for more than a decade since before the end of the North American War, and it would make all attackers tingle if it was impregnable.

"In this way, there will be no problem with public opinion in France, right?"

Juan smiled: "What's the problem?" Now it's the French and Roman Empires, not the French Empire, and there are nearly 30 million Italians, and not a single Italian wants to fight. ”

In fact, the French do not all want to go to war - the French people of insight value nothing more than their world empire and hegemony on the European continent. The former has nothing to do with Russia, Nicholas II does not want territory in the Americas and Africa. As for the latter...... Wouldn't it be good for the Germans and Slavs to fight to the death? Of course, there were fears, such as Marshal McMahon's fear that Russia would soon be defeated and that all of Central and Eastern Europe would become German territory.

"But there are prerequisites for France and the Roman Empire to remain neutral." Juan lowered his voice, "The Russian Empire needs the support of the Ming Empire, so that the Russians will not be defeated quickly. He looked at Zeng Jize, "Mr. Ambassador, do you have the authority to do this?" ”。

Zeng Jize was noncommittal, "China and Russia are old enemies in the end, and it is not easy to reach an alliance." ”

Jujuan snorted, "There are no permanent enemies, the Germans are not willing to go to war on two fronts, and the Russians are equally unwilling. They don't mind uniting one enemy against the other first. As long as China is allied with Russia, the flames of war will be ignited in Europe! (To be continued......)