It is impossible for the French, who had suffered losses in the Franco-Prussian War, not to learn a lesson, although in the face of the Ming Dynasty, they were as proud as the government of Napoleon III, when Napoleon did not even do diplomatic work well, and self-righteously believed that once the Franco-Prussian War began, Austria-Hungary, which had been defeated in the Austro-Prussian War four years earlier, would definitely follow France to declare war on Prussia, so that it could form a two-sided attack on Prussia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The result was that Austria-Hungary had no intention of entering the war at all. As a result, France fought alone in the war and was defeated.

The most fundamental reason why France did not adopt flexible diplomatic measures back then was pride, because they believed that they could easily defeat Prussia, and their perception of their allies was to divide the spoils of war, so they did not care about winning over their allies and forming a strategic encirclement network against Prussia.

Even if they believe that the strength of the Ming Kingdom cannot be compared with the French Republic, they still do a certain amount of diplomatic work, and the focus of the work is still Britain, which is determined by objective reasons.

But French diplomacy in Britain was not successful, because France did not want to cede any interests in Vietnam, and they could not allow any country to get a piece of the pie when they intended to monopolize it. They tried to impress the British on the condition that they supported British expansion in Burma, hoping to sacrifice Burma's interests in exchange for British support for their annexation of Vietnam.

Britain naturally has ambitions for Burma, but the problem is that Burma is different from Vietnam, as early as when France licked the wounds of the Franco-Prussian War, Britain had already turned Burma into its protectorate, and they did not need the consent of France at all, and they had already achieved the benefits that France wanted to achieve in Vietnam in Burma, so the exchange of French people was not equal in the eyes of Britain.

In addition, Hurd's diplomatic activities in Britain are restricted by France, with Hurd taking over the post of prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, the British ordinary people are full of illusions and good feelings about the Ming Dynasty, and the government rashly formulates an unfriendly policy towards the Ming Dynasty, which is to take a political risk, and the British are indeed reluctant to allow France to occupy Vietnam, in this way, France can threaten the territory of Yunnan, which is equivalent to threatening the hub of the two railways built by the British from Burma to the Ming Dynasty and India to Shanghai, they think that France is still a hungry wolf like them, The farther away from the meat in your own bowl, the better.

However, France's diplomatic activities in Germany were quite successful, and Bismarck fully supported France's actions in the East, fully respected France's special interests in the East, and believed that France had full power to defend its interests in Vietnam. The significance of Germany to France was that obtaining German support would allow France to have no worries, and in the event of a large-scale ground war, France could rest assured that it would draw troops from Europe.

France also carried out diplomatic activities with Spain and Russia, Spain was already in decline, but it also had some interest in Vietnam, and the interest was only commercial interests, but the purpose of France was monopoly, so Spain could not give France substantial help, or even agree to the French request, if necessary, to allow the French fleet to use Philippine ports.

Russia, like Germany, also believes that France has the right to defend its own interests, and they also expressed the same attitude towards the Ming, obviously the Russians hate to let France fight with the Ming.

In the diplomatic activities of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Hurd's special lobbying, the diplomats have been constantly running around, maintaining good relations with Britain and participating in various activities of friendship between the Chinese and British peoples.

The diplomatic activities carried out by Hurd after taking over the Ming Dynasty Shangshu Ling were mainly aimed at the neighboring countries of East Asia, and the diplomats were active in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Korea, Japan and the Ryukyus, the purpose was very simple, not to ask these countries to support the military actions of the Ming Dynasty, but I hope that everyone can unify their voices in diplomacy, and the Ming Dynasty's advice to these countries is that the Ming Dynasty blocks France from destroying Vietnam, in fact, it is also to block the expansion of whites to East Asia, not only for the Ming Dynasty, but also for all East Asian countries, which has important security significance.

After the restoration of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the King of the Ryukyus was basically the only one who was the head of the Ming Dynasty, and they would agree to whatever the Ming Dynasty asked. At the request of the Ming Dynasty, they promised to issue a statement condemning the French occupation of Vietnam if necessary.

Although Japan had a conflict with the Ming Dynasty, the last military attack on Japan by the Ming Dynasty made Japan full of hatred for the Ming Dynasty. However, Japan is a nation with a strong sense of crisis, and they do not want to see white countries come to Asia and destroy a single Asian country. Today France ran to destroy Vietnam, so who will be next? The Ryukyus obviously had the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was far stronger than Japan, and there was no doubt that the whites would choose to act against Japan between the Ming Dynasty and Japan. Therefore, the Japanese Government promised that if the situation reached the necessary moment, Japan would be willing to lodge a protest with France, and it would only be a diplomatic protest, so as not to cause trouble.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the hands of Li Hongzhang, decided to adopt an ostrich policy, that is, to ignore the Ming and French disputes, as if there were no two countries in the world. In fact, the French also approached them, and they also had the same attitude, even if they united with France, the Manchus would not make enemies with the Ming until they were 100% sure. The descendants of Aixin Jueluo have long lost the courage of their ancestors, and they only want to survive, and they have no pioneering spirit. North Korea is as cowardly as the Manchus, and his suzerainty doesn't want to cause trouble, so naturally they don't want to.

As a result, it is possible that the Ming will receive verbal support from the Ryukyus and Japan in East Asia, and that the other countries will remain silent.

Of course, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although old and weak, but huge in size, is undoubtedly the focus of diplomacy between the two countries.

France fantasized that once the war broke out, they could attack the Ming Dynasty with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was not in their plan to capture the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but they could force the Ming Dynasty to sign an alliance under the city, and the cooperation with the Manchu Qing could not stop at this time, although the Ming Dynasty had contradictions with France in Vietnam, France believed that it was necessary for him to form an encirclement network against the Ming, and the Manchus were obviously the most suitable object.

The Ming Dynasty also considered this way, so it focused on lobbying the Manchus, but they were not worried about the military pressure of the Manchus, because the leaders of the Manchu military forces, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, died one after the other at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, and the Manchus, who lacked commanders, no longer posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty.