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The situation in Europe in the autumn of 1863 was completely different from history. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoThe French Emperor Napoleon III, who was originally attacking everywhere but hitting a wall again and again, has now become the Great Emperor who surpassed Napoleon I.

And the performance of the French ** team in the North American war also frightened neighboring Prussia - how could the weak Prussian army defeat the invincible French ** team? And even more so when France did not intend to expand eastward. Is it possible to let the Prussians go to the all-powerful French line of defense? Such a thing was too stupid for Wilhelm I and Bismarck to do anyway.

And there was no need for Prussia to fight with France, because Napoleon III supported Prussia's unification of North Germany, and after getting Italy, France had no territorial ambitions on the European continent. Now they are obsessed with their world empire. Unless Wilhelm I's ambitions were not limited to North Germany, but also to further Austria and Bohemia, a break between Franco-Prussian was absolutely impossible......

So now there are two choices before Britain, one is to support Prussia to annex the whole of Germany and form a Greater German Empire. This empire was for the most likely intolerable to Napoleon III, and it was likely to cause a decisive battle between France and Germany! For this reason, the British side has sent representatives to Berlin one after another to test the tone of Wilhelm I and Bismarck. It's a pity that these two people are not as bold as they boast, and they are always noncommittal. Obviously, they did not dare to gamble on the question of Greater Germany.

Besides, Austria is now a camel that is about to die of emaciation, but it is still bigger than the Prussian pony. This empire theoretically also included Hungary (Greater Hungary, which included later Slovakia and Transylvania in Romania), Wallachia (also part of later Romania), Bohemia (Czech), Croatia, and Austria proper. With a population of more than 40 million, industry is on a par with Prussia. The production of agricultural products far exceeded that of Prussia. The reason why it appears to be tired is entirely because of the complex ethnic problems in the country. But Prussia could not afford to completely annex such a large power, and even if Austria and Bohemia were to be captured, it would be possible for the Austrian Empire to survive the remaining lands with the support of France and wage a long war with Prussia.

This was what Wilhelm I and Bismarck did not want. Their current wishful thinking was to coerce Austria out of the German Confederation with the support of France, and then to peacefully merge Prussia with the remaining German states to form a small German empire.

The choice of the Greater Germany was therefore impossible, and there was only one option left, which was to renew the Austrian Empire and bring about a Quadruple Alliance of Russia, Austria, Great Britain, and the United States of America (or British United States). to counter the Quadruple Alliance of France, Little Germany, the Mexican Empire, and the Confederate States of America.

Of course, it is necessary to divide the Sino-French alliance, otherwise with the addition of a Ming Empire that is comparable to Britain and France, Britain will not be able to maintain world hegemony under any circumstances. However, today several big figures from Britain, Russia and Austria gathered together, and the first topic was the threat from the east.

"Mr. Viscount. I was talking with Count Andrass about the threat from the east, the Ottoman Sultan and the Great Khan of Tengri...... These two non-Christian barbaric nations are the most fundamental enemies of us civilized nations that believe in God! ”

The Russian crown prince did not openly say the "Yellow Peril", because Count Andráhi was a Hungarian, and the ancestors of the Hungarians were said to be Huns, which was the first Yellow Peril to invade Europe. The fall of the Roman Empire had something to do with them. However, the Hungarians are now completely Europeanized, and they are also Catholic. Moreover, in the struggle against the Turkish Empire, the Hungarians chose to side with the Habsburgs, and had long been a member of the white European civilization.

Viscount Palmerston smiled and nodded at Count Andráhi, the man in front of him was blonde and white-skinned, and it was estimated that even one percent of the Hun blood did not exist.

"Europe is obviously in danger, but Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Chinese are not barbarians, their civilization is as brilliant as ours and even surpasses us for most of history!" Viscount Palmerston looked at the Russian crown prince seriously, in his opinion. China under the rule of the Tatars was a barbaric, rotten and degenerate country, but the current Ming Empire was not a barbarian country - to call the country with the most railways in the world, the second most steel and the second most coal in the world a barbarian country would only show its ignorance and cowardice. The hegemony of the British Empire was not achieved by paying lip service!

"Indeed, the emperor who ruled the Ming Empire was the most outstanding scientist in the world. Churchill Hospital is still named after him! "Count Andráhi echoed Viscount Palmerston. said, "If the Ming Empire is really a barbarian country, we don't need to worry about the Yellow Peril now!" ”

He, who may be a descendant of the Huns, brazenly uttered the word "Yellow Peril". "Chinese only lagged behind less than 400 years after the Age of Discovery, and if this Emperor was born 400 years earlier, we white people would certainly not have as much room to live as we do now...... Now the Chinese just want to get back their fair share of territory, don't they? I don't think the army of the Emperor will cross the Ural Mountains, and most of them will not approach there. “

Gorchakov nodded, "Yes, they will only attack to the south, and the warm, rich and sparsely populated south is the land that the Chinese need most!" Cold Siberia simply can't accommodate a few people, which does not help to alleviate China's population pressure. “

Viscount Palmerston's face was slightly embarrassed, Duke Gorchakov and Count Andráhi were not stupid people, and the "Yellow Peril Theory" could not fool them at all, and it was estimated that it could not fool Napoleon III, Mathilde I, Wilhelm I and Bismarck. The expansion of the Ming Empire did not pose much of a threat to Russia, Austria and France, and it was the British Empire that was really unlucky. Because Australia, New Zealand, and the Straits Settlements were the main directions of Ming expansion. And it is also possible that the princes of the princely states of India will regard Zhu Jishi as the new master.

"What about France and the Roman Empire, then? Napoleon III's ambitions are probably not under the Tengger Khan, right? "Viscount Palmerston has turned the conversation back to Europe." An inattentive, Napoleon's empire has been resurrected, and he echoes the Tengger Khan, which is the greatest threat to world peace. ”

He looked at Count Andrách, "Prussia, supported by France, has revealed its ambition to unify Germany. I think we need a strong and united Austro-Hungarian dualist empire to counter the French and Prussian ambitions. “

He turned his attention to the Russian crown prince, "A strong Russia is also necessary for the maintenance of European security." The Russian Empire was not only a bulwark against the westward invasion of Tengger Khan, but also a force to contain the further expansion of Napoleon's empire. “

"What about the Turkish Empire?" The Russian crown prince asked coldly, "This evil empire that destroyed Rome is the enemy of Christ, the sworn enemy of the whole white civilization of Europe, and the common enemy of Russia and Austria." This empire must die! “

Viscount Palmerston's face turned ugly again. It is clear that the Russians have already negotiated a plan with Count Andráhi to divide the Turkish Empire...... At this point, the Russians are still obsessed with the capture of Constantinople, which is really persistent!

"Britain is not opposed to Russia and Austria disposing of the Turkish Empire!" Viscount Palmerston pondered, "But...... You have to take into account the position of France and China, and you have to avoid these two countries from taking the side of Turkey. ”

Duke Gorchakov smiled when he heard this, and said lightly: "The Russian Empire is a continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire, so the claims to Constantinople, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula have a legal basis. And the French and Roman Empires were a continuation of the Western Roman Empire, and they were entitled to North African lands except Egypt. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )9