The easiest way to save the Turkish Empire is, of course, to go to war! And it was the Ming and France who went to war together. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info. Because the main force of this attack on Turkey was Austria, a European country that did not have any colonies overseas. The Ming Empire can't reach them at all, and just declaring war can't frighten Franz. Emperor Joseph. His army of several hundred thousand could still take down Istanbul, the capital of the Turkish Empire - but the problem now was Napoleon III's reluctance to go to war against the Austrian Empire. I'm afraid that in addition to Prussia's reluctance to join the war, there was also a little intention to sacrifice Turkey in order to win over Austria, right?

Zhu Jishi listened to Ambassador Baldemy's words, and the expression on his face gradually became very interesting. On the small calculations of Napoleon III, the Turkish Empire already seemed to be a friend destined to be sacrificed. Salvation is just a show, maybe the French emperor will take the North African lands of the Turkish Empire except Egypt? Napoleon III is now the heir to the Western Roman Empire, and theoretically should take possession of North Africa!

So should the Ming Empire take the same position as Napoleon III at this time to abandon the Turkish Empire? Zhu Jishi smiled in his heart: Of course this will not work! The territory of the Turkish Empire now includes a large area of land in the Persian Gulf region. This is a land floating on the sea of oil! In comparison, the North African and European territories of the Turkish Empire were nothing at all, and Austria, Russia, France, and Britain could take them if they wanted, Daming...... As long as the Persian Gulf.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi leaned up on the throne and said slowly: "Of course, we can't abandon Turkey, a heroic ally. Since we are allied with the Turkish Empire. Such an obligation should be borne by it. The Ming Empire will do everything to save Turkey. Any attempt to destroy the Turkish Empire was intolerable to the Ming Empire. The Reich Foreign Office has instructed the ambassadors in Austria and Russia to lodge the strongest protest against the governments of Russia and Austria! ”

Slightly disappointed, Birdmi said that if the protests worked, there would be no war in the world.

Zhu Jishi paused for a moment, and then considered his words, "Except for protest...... Of course, our Ming Empire is ready to take other, more direct measures to defend Turkey. However, it is now winter, and the places where Siberia and Central Asia meet Russia are covered in ice. Even if the army is to be dispatched, it will be a few months later, and it will be difficult to quench the thirst of the distant water. Moreover, we should also take into account the fact that the territory of the Turkish Empire in Europe was the result of aggression and conquest, and that the people there had been fighting against the Turkish Empire for centuries. Now that the Turkish Empire has completely weakened, it is time to return these usurped lands to the Europeans. The Turkish Empire, after all, is an Asian country! ”

Baldemi looked at Zhu Jishi's sudden point of view in a daze, his mind couldn't react for a while, and he could only continue to listen to Emperor Zhu. "But the Asian territories of the Turkish Empire are not the same. It is part of the world of the True God Cult, and it has been for more than a thousand years. Although historically, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia Minor were once part of the Roman Empire. But that was only for a while. It does not justify the occupation of the Arabian Peninsula and Asia Minor by Europeans. I think that the Turkish Empire, having lost all its European territories, could rebuild their capital in Baghdad and turn from a great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa into an Asian empire. Actually, Turks are Asians by nature! ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what do you mean by letting Turkey give up all European territories, including Istanbul, and all African territories, including Egypt?" Baldemi shook his head slightly, "So, what's left in this empire?" ”

"And the Asia Minor Peninsula and most of the Arabian Peninsula, with Baghdad as its capital, with the rich valley of the two rivers, the precipitous Transcaucasus, and the mineral-rich Asia Minor Peninsula, are not enough to build a mighty empire? Moreover, as the leader of the Asian region, the Ming Dynasty was also very willing to help the Turkish Empire move towards revival. Those lands located in Europe, where ethnic and religious issues were too complicated, were only a burden for the Turkish Empire, and it was time to give up there in exchange for a chance to be reborn. ”

Baldmi frowned, "I'm afraid the Russian Empire won't allow the Turkish Empire to continue to keep Asia Minor and Transcaucasia, right?" ”

Zhu Jishi sneered: "The Ming Empire will guarantee the rights and interests of the Turkish Empire in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, the Two Rivers Valley and the Persian Gulf region!" I have given an order to my vassals, the Western Qing Kingdom, to send reinforcements to Turkey through Persia! ”

"What? By Persia? Naseldin. Will the Sand King agree to borrow the way? ”

"Yes, he'll agree." "Because this is the last chance for the revival of the Qajar dynasty." If Nasel-din. If the Sand king does not hold on firmly, after the fall of the Turkish Empire, the Qajar dynasty will have only one way to die. ”

He needed to rush back to the French embassy in Zijin Mountain to draft a telegram to Napoleon III, informing the emperor of France and the Roman Empire of the "plan of the Turkish empire in Asia" and "the Western Qing Kingdom will send troops" proposed by the Ming Emperor, and waiting for a reply.

Zhu Jishi just sent off the French ambassador, and ushered in Zuo Zongtang and Han Si. They now live in the hot spring town outside the hot spring palace, and all the institutions of the Ming court have built yamen and dormitories in this town, and the civil and military officials are also given in the town. When Zhu Jishi stayed in the Hot Spring Palace, it was the political center of the Ming Empire.

"Zuo Xiang, break the army, it's just in time, let's eat together." Zhu Jishi was really a little hungry, so he beckoned the two of them to have dinner and asked the maid to invite Maria. Clementina accompanied.

At the dinner table, he told the French ambassador the two plans he had just told the French ambassador as they were, and he told these two important civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty again -- in fact, these two methods were also the ones he had just thought of, and he had not discussed them with Zuo Zongtang and Han Si. Even Maria. Clementina had heard of it for the first time.

"Your Majesty, if we really want to enter Persia, then we must prepare for war with the British!" Maria. Clementina's tone was very serious, "India is the lifeblood of the British Empire, and they will do everything to defend India. ”

"No, my purpose is not India, but only for the Turkish Empire to retain territory in Asia Minor, the Persian Gulf, the Two Rivers Valley, and Transcaucasia." Zhu Jishi took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "I don't have to let Xiqing enter Persia. It's just to send a signal to Britain that if the Turkish Empire can't keep its territory in Asia, then I'll go into Persia! ”

Zuo Zongtang and Han Si both set their sights on Emperor Zhu's foreign concubine, and in terms of diplomatic matters, they were really inferior to Maria. Clementina familiar. Maria frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This is a war brinkmanship!" However, there is still a great possibility that the British will give in, after all, in the current game, the British side has taken a big advantage.

According to the scheme proposed by His Majesty. Austria can get almost the entire Balkan Peninsula, except Greece, Serbia and Albania and Istanbul around. (Greece and Serbia were already independent states, and now they were also on the side of Austria to invade Turkey, and Albania would be divided between these two countries.) Russia would receive land around Istanbul, possibly islands in the Sea of Marmara and a small plot of land in the western part of the peninsula of Asia Minor, to secure Russia's access to the Mediterranean. Britain could take full control of Egypt after the Turkish Empire launched Europe and Africa, so that the Suez Canal could be firmly controlled by Britain. It is estimated that Palestine on the Mediterranean coast will also become a colony administered by Britain or several European countries. In this way, in the end, all that was left to Turkey was some land of little value, and I don't know if the Turkish Sultan could agree to ......" (To be continued. )