Normalize relations!

It was a relatively new term to the world in 1861, but for the Chinese Empire and the Russian Empire, the two countries have been working to achieve this goal for the past few years, at least to some extent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

For Russia, which experienced the Crimean War and fought with Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Crimean War was a piece of Russia's heart. The loss of more than 500,000 troops and economic losses of 500 million rubles had an important impact on the economy.

And more importantly, during the war, China, to be precise, the then Han Governorate, took advantage of the fire and robbery, not only Kamchatka, but also Sakhalin (Sakhalin) and the eastern Siberian coastal region, and even at the end of the war, the entire area east of the Lena River was completely outside the control of Russia, so to speak, the Russian Empire lost millions of square kilometers of land in the war.

In the armistice negotiations of the Crimean War, because the Russian Empire refused to negotiate on the East Siberian question, coupled with the betrayal of Britain and the United States, the East Siberian question has become the root cause of problems between China and Russia since then, but because of the financial difficulties after the war and many other reasons, Russia can only face the fact that East Siberia is involved in China.

At the time of the fall of the Qing Empire, Russia took advantage of the fire to rob and use aid as a bargaining chip to induce the Manchus to cede the northeast region, which added fuel to the fire of the relations between the two countries.

However, compared with the conceit of the British, the Russians are undoubtedly more realistic, and China also hopes to resolve the territorial issue between the two countries through negotiations, although the two countries have negotiated many times in private, but because the differences between the two are too big, and have been in a stalemate, especially with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Central Asia "holy war", the three khanates of Central Asia were occupied by the Celestial Army, Russia accused China of supporting it, which led to tension between the two countries again, but at the same time, for the high-level of the two countries, No one intended a war between the two countries.

It is precisely in this restraint that the tension between the two countries has been strained, but this tension is more of a diplomatic rhetorical tension, and for the diplomats of the two countries, normalizing relations between the two countries has always been the goal of the diplomats, but there are always too many differences in this goal, so that there is no substantive progress in the negotiations.

"Your Excellency, I think we can take a longer view!"

Looking at the Russian Foreign Minister Alexander in front of him? Mikhailovich? Duke Gorchakov, three months ago, Zeng Jize, who had just assumed the post of ambassador to Russia, said in somewhat stiff Russian.

"More long-term?"

Alexander looked at the young man in front of him and asked with some surprise, three months ago, in St. Petersburg, there were still some people who despised him because of his youth, thinking that he had only obtained such an important position because his father was a high-ranking civil official in China. But in the past three months, on various occasions, people have fully seen the diplomatic skills of this young official, especially for Alexander, and he has a deep understanding of his cunning at the negotiating table, and even because of a momentary mistake, Russia has lost a lot of interests in the issue of the Central Asian Khanate, and it is precisely because of this that he will be extremely cautious when facing Zeng Jize.

"Mr. Ambassador, what kind of long-term is it?"

"Your Excellency, while passing through the United Kingdom, I had the privilege of having a brief meeting with His Excellency Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and I had the privilege of visiting the United Kingdom for a brief time......"

Zeng Jize did not answer Alexander's question, but mentioned that when he came to Russia to take office, he pretended to pass through England, and compared to crossing Siberia, taking a boat to Europe, and then taking a boat to St. Petersburg, although it was halfway around the world, it was more convenient.

"After the completion of the Industrial Revolution, British industry and commerce began to occupy a large number of colonies around the world, such as the formal and full-scale occupation of India, in order to find new sales markets and raw material sources for its factories, and consolidate and expand the hegemony of British industry and commerce in the world. One of his famous sayings that I believe Your Excellency should be very familiar with: "There are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests". ”

When Zeng Jize mentioned Palmerston, Alexander's expression became extremely complicated, and it was under Palmerston's single-handed planning that Britain pulled France and Sardinia to intervene in the Russo-Slovak War, so that Russia had to suffer the defeat of Crimea.

"Palmerston believes that the interests of nations are irreconcilable. In the Middle East, for example, he said that Britain and France were like two men pursuing the same woman, and that conflict was inevitable. But even in this case, it does not prevent them from cooperating on certain issues, such as in the treatment of Russia,"

Looking at Alexander, who had a complicated expression, Zeng Jize didn't mind continuing to pour salt into his wounds.

"Back then, in the face of Russia, in order to defend European civilization, pointed the spearhead at Constantinople and pointed at the barbaric Ottoman Empire. Palmerston, who was still home secretary in Aberdeen's cabinet, thinks so. "Russia has violated the independence of the Ottoman Empire and undermined its integrity; All means must be used to induce Russia to abandon its claims and cancel its aggressive actions". At the same time, he repeatedly put pressure on the Earl of Aberdeen, who did not want to sharpen the Anglo-Russian contradictions, to force Aberdeen to reshuffle his cabinet and appoint Clinton, who was under the influence of Palmerston, as foreign secretary. Canning was the British ambassador to Constantinople. With his support, Streifer? Canning copied a telegram from Russia to Turkey in London and changed the phrase "to make a report" to "issue an order", causing an uproar in the cabinet and strengthening the power of the pro-militant faction in the cabinet. It can be said that it was under his planning that led to your country's defeat in the war in Crimea, and in the process, it pulled France into his chariot......"

When Zeng Jize mentioned this old incident, Alexander was silent, he naturally knew what led to the defeat of Crimea, although there are internal reasons in Russia, but one thing is certain, it is the intervention of Britain and France that made Russia taste the bitter fruits of defeat when the dawn of victory came.

Now he preferred to hear what the young man in front of him had to say.

"We support Turkey for ourselves, for our own interests". Palmerston said this in a letter to Aberdeen, and in a few short words, it was clear that he defended the integrity and independence of Turkey only in order to strengthen the power of Britain in the Near East, and I think this explains exactly what your Excellency explains - "There are no eternal friends, no permanent enemies, only eternal interests." ”

In the face of Alexander, Zeng Jize, a top student of the law department of the Imperial University, used the eloquence cultivated in the defense of the mock Dali Yuan and the debates to lobby the foreign minister.

"It can be said that it is precisely because of the eternal interests that Britain will stand on the side of Turkey, and it is precisely because of the eternal interests that Britain will cooperate with their rivals, the French, to achieve the same interests of the two countries in the Crimea by making Russia bleed, and the interests of the countries are irreconcilable, but it is also certain that the interests of the countries can also be cooperated."

When Zeng Jize said this, Alexander understood the other party's intentions, or rather, understood what the other party's "far-sighted vision" meant, and what he meant was very simple, that is, between Russia and China, and also through cooperation like Britain and France, to win a common victory.

Just as Britain and France worked against Russia back then, Russia now has the option of working with China to target Britain.

"In some ways, the interests of countries can really be cooperated!"

Alexander did not immediately refuse, but hinted that certain issues could be discussed, and he gave this answer because until now, five years after the Paris Peace Conference, the Russian population still considers the "Paris Peace Treaty" of 1856 to be a humiliating peace treaty, an insult to Russia. Over the past five years, Russia has struggled to achieve shame, both military and political.

"The Chinese Empire believes that the Russian Empire has a rightful right of disposition over the Balkans and the two straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles!"

When Zeng Jize gave this answer, Alexander was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again, he knew that the so-called "think" was just a verbal support, and there was no meaning beyond that.

"On behalf of the Russian Empire, I thank the Chinese Empire for its righteous actions!"

The same is an official answer, after this answer, Alexander looked at Zeng Jize with expectation in his eyes, he believed that the other party did not just bring verbal support, in addition, he should come up with something substantial, only in this way, can it be the next step of negotiations between the two countries, no, it should be said that it is for the next cooperation, paving the way.

But what kind of "gift" will he, it should say, come up with from the Chinese Empire?

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