Ivanovich Baryatinsky was taken aback, he didn't expect that the new tsar in front of him, who he followed, would be so superficial, and he had already seen through the relationship between countries, especially between these European powers, that they were all fundamental interests, how could there be any relationship between friendship and so on!

"Your Majesty must not think so!" Ivanovich Baryatinsky preached in a serious way: "These countries of Europe are wolf ambitions, have no absolute benefits, and will not do anything for me Russia. Even the Kingdom of Prussia, which has always been married, has always been respectful and obedient to our Russian Empire, but when it really involves their interests, it will leave it alone, or even fall into the ground.

What's more, at that time, it was because of the incomparably strong Russian Empire that they would welcome us. Now that the empire is in decline and there is internal rebellion, it's good that they can keep meddling!

Have you forgotten that after the outbreak of the Crimean War, at the height of the fighting, the Emperor of Austria betrayed his ally, the Russian Empire, which led to the suicide of your grandfather, and the Kingdom of Prussia secretly fell to England? ”

Aleksandrovich's face was difficult to look at, and he seemed to be trying to distinguish it, when his newly appointed foreign minister, a usually steady general of the Guards, burst in with a pale face and shouted in a panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is not good!"

The subordinates got secret information that the heads of state of the major European countries were secretly meeting in Prague, and in the name of maintaining stability in Europe and helping Britain and our Russia, they were actually discussing the division of the Ottoman Empire and our Russian Empire! ”

Ivanovich Baryatinsky's face changed dramatically, grabbed the Foreign Minister's hand and shouted: "How is it possible!?" Who are the people meeting secretly in Prague? ”

"Marshal, according to the information obtained by our secret agents, it is said that the French Emperor Louis, as well as the Austrian Emperor Joseph, and the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck, and other heads of state bordering the Ottomans and our Russia!"

Ivanovich Baryatinsky was dumbfounded.

And Aleksandrovich next to him was already dumbfounded and forgot to speak. Although the weather was warmer, he only felt a biting cold.

This is no longer a slap in the face, but a deep stab in his nerves!

The young Alexander III felt a sense of betrayal, like a beloved girl who had gone with someone else, and it was very uncomfortable. How so?

Aleksandrovich couldn't figure it out. Austria even if it was forgotten, how could Prussia do the same? The two countries have always been close and have been married for almost generations, and almost every generation of tsars has the blood of the Prussian royal family, and there is a natural closeness to Prussia, and Aleksandrovich is no exception.

In his heart, he always imagined that Prussia could stand up at this moment, fight side by side with the Russian Empire in a critical moment, and help the Russian Empire tide over the difficulties, especially to help himself, the Russian Emperor who also has German blood, to tide over the difficulties. But what he never expected was that he actually heard this bad news!

Instead of helping itself, the Kingdom of Prussia, which had high expectations, joined forces with other European countries to fight its own ideas and carve up the Russian Empire. This, this simply made Aleksandrovich a little crazy and angry!

Just now he was still saying that the Kingdom of Prussia would help him, and this time he was slapped in the face, not counting, Aleksandrovich felt more of a strong malice in this world, the emperor is really not so easy to do.

He could only ask to do everything in his power to find out the plans of the European powers. At the same time, it was hoped that St. Petersburg could be captured as soon as possible, so that there would be energy to fight the Chinese Imperial army as soon as possible.

However, Ivanovich Baryatinsky, who was next to him, said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, you can't continue like this. The Russian Empire has reached the most dangerous moment, we must bow our proud heads!

I suggest that we immediately send an envoy to negotiate with the head of the army of the Chinese Empire, and ask for an armistice to negotiate, we can pay reparations, and even cede land, and we must also ask the other side to stop attacking! ”

Aleksandrovich was stunned, he did not expect that his most trusted field marshal, the de facto commander of the army of the entire empire, would make such a ridiculous proposal to him.

After a while, Aleksandrovich asked angrily: "Why?" Surrender to the enemy in the east and sue for peace, marshal, you must give me a reasonable explanation!! ”

"Your Majesty, now that we are in a difficult situation both internally and externally, we can no longer support it! After all, the Chinese Empire is an Eastern Empire from afar, and their root is always in the East itself, and attacking our Russian Empire is just a revenge on our previous ones. In fact, even if our territories were to be occupied by them, they would not be able to rule effectively for a long time, because they were too far away.

But these white-eyed wolves in Europe are different! They are all European countries, very close to here, if they occupy this land, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take it back, especially the one in St. Petersburg next to it.

Those European countries want to carve up our Russian Empire, and if they succeed, they will greatly increase their power, and as long as they occupy these territories, they will not make our Russian Empire any better. They will always be afraid that our Russia will become stronger, take back those territories that have been taken away, and seek revenge on them, therefore, they will keep an eye on us all the time, always trying to trample us under their feet! ”

Aleksandrovich was also smart, and he understood at once: "Marshal, you are saying that for this reason, we cannot let these European countries succeed, from the very beginning, we cannot let them carve up successfully?" lest it become more and more ...... later"

"Not bad! Your Majesty, the lesser of two evils! This is precisely the reason why I suggest that Your Majesty sue for peace with the Chinese Empire! Ivanovich Baryatinsky sighed gloomily: "Compared with these European powers, although the Chinese Empire is also a wolf of wealth, it is a wolf of wealth from outside after all, and if you give some meat, you will always go back to his wolf's den." And these powers, like poisonous snakes coiled at the doorstep, even if they give us some meat, it is still not enough, they will swallow us until there are no bones left. And St. Petersburg is a mortal enemy, and if we do not act as soon as possible, we will be besieged by these three enemy forces. ”

Aleksandrovich was finally persuaded, and said excitedly: "In this case, send someone to sue for peace with the leader of the Chinese Imperial Army that attacked us, and ask for a truce!" If there are any conditions, try to meet them first, as long as they can stabilize their withdrawal and no longer attack in the short term.

Then, during this time, hurry up to pacify the rebels in St. Petersburg and unify the Russian Empire! As long as we have the wealth and the army in St. Petersburg, the Russian army across the country will be regrouped, and it may be much better to deal with the greedy European powers. ”

That being said, Aleksandrovich is clearly already a little absent-minded, and the reality is that he doesn't know what to do.

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