Chapter 1078: Engage the United States or Russia?
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"Madame, you seem to have forgotten to speak to this Mr. Bakunin about the United States."
In the return to Chatu. On the way to ChΓ’teau Lafitte, Aledley whispered to his hostess. In her conversation with Bakunin, Maria did not mention the United States, but only Poland and Russia.
"There's no rush to this." Maria. Clementina smiled and replied, "This Bakunin is not so easy to fool, I don't think he believes that I am really a rich Polish woman with a dead husband...... The reason why he is still willing to cooperate with us must be that he thinks that the mastermind behind us is a mortal enemy of Russia. β
"Cooperating with the sworn enemy of our homeland, we Bonapartians cannot do such a thing in any way." A look of disdain appeared on Aledley's face. β
"It's different, we're not like them." Maria. Clementina shook her head and said with a smile, "We Bonapartists are based on the state and the nation, and they think that socialists and anarchists do not even want the state, and they want to emancipate all mankind, and of course they do not care about the temporary gains and losses of national interests. β
"Madam, if these Russian revolutionaries really succeed, will the Ming Dynasty be too powerful?" Aledlai said lightly, obviously the motherland she identified with was not the Ming Dynasty. "Maybe the Ural Mountains will become the border between China and Russia in the future."
"No, it won't work." Maria was silent for a moment, then shook her head again. "Even if it works. These madmen can't be more troublesome opponents than the Tsar! Don't forget. Revolution is a contagion, and if socialism and anarchists succeed in Russia, there is a high probability that this harmful revolutionary idea will spread all over the world! β
Maria showed a hint of apprehension, but quickly spoke flatly. "Fortunately, they will not succeed, Alexander II is quite a capable monarch, and Russia will become a real power under his leadership, and this is the main threat."
"That's why you found this Bakunin?" Aledley asked again.
"yes. Who else but him? Maria nodded slightly, still with a hint of melancholy on her face. If possible, I'd rather have Jason and Alexander II friends, so that the three most powerful dynasties in Eurasia can rest easy. β
But it's impossible!
Maria and Alaedley sighed at the same time, and both fell into a slightly melancholy silence.
"So, who's going to make trouble for the United States?" After a while, Aledley suddenly asked, "Do you want Bakunin to find a few Russian revolutionaries to go to the United States?" β
"Let the Russians help the black Americans?" Maria glanced at Aledley, her eyes showing mockery and helplessness, "The emperor moves his mouth casually. We're going to have to break our legs! I'll do it myself...... I really don't know why I can help him? Is it the magic of love? β
"Ma'am, are you going to the United States in person?" Aledley looked at Maria with a slight surprise.
"Except for me. Who else has the ability to do this? Maria laughed heartily, "Aladelai, you are solely responsible for the contact with Bakunin, you don't want to stay in France, go to Switzerland to buy a house, I will open an account for you in the Weglin Bank, and 130,000 francs will be transferred every month, of which 5,000 francs will be spent for you, and the rest will be transferred to the account of the World Progress Foundation." β
"125,000 francs a month?" Aledley frowned, "It's only 5,000 pounds, I'm afraid I can't do anything big." β
A sneer escaped from the corner of Maria's mouth, and she said lightly: "Big things can't be successful just by throwing money, you need to wait for opportunities." I don't see such an opportunity in Russia. β
Aledley was a little puzzled by Maria's words, and after a moment she cautiously asked, "But what is the ......reform of serfdom that Bakunin said?"
Maria still sneered: "If Alexander II really wants to help the Russian serfs, then Bakunin and they still have a chance!" But the Russian Tsar's mind was not confused, and his reforms were in the interests of the aristocracy, landlords, and bourgeoisie, and it was impossible to achieve great things by relying on a few intellectuals to make a fool of themselves! So now we can only create an impact, accumulate strength, and wait for the future. She paused, then added, "It's the same in the United States, where conspiracy alone can't advance history, and conspiracy can only fuel the flames at best." If the Yankees themselves don't make mistakes, we don't have the slightest chance. β
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"Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. The journey above the Pacific Ocean has made you hard...... You know, the distance between Daming and Mexico is really not close! Where we are unlucky in Mexico is that we are too close to the United States and too far from Daming. β
It was a Mexican civil servant in his sixties who looked very thin who spoke. He had a graying mustache, and although he was barely straight, his sallow face and occasional cough revealed his true health. The scene of their conversation is in the National Palace in the center of Mexico City, which was formerly the presidential palace of Mexico and is now the royal palace of Mathilde I, the center of power in the Mexican Empire. And Wu Chunqiu, the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the United States and Mexico, leaned against the window, looking very bad in spirit, and it seemed that the journey across the Pacific Ocean was very exhausting. Mathilde I, on the other hand, was sitting on a throne, and on his lap sat a mixed-race boy of about three years old, staring curiously at the red robe on Wu Chunqiu's body with a pair of big brown eyes. This child, of course, is the illegitimate son of Emperor Zhu and Mathilde, the Duke of Bonapart of Mexico.
And the old man who was talking to Wu Chunqiu was the Mexican Prime Minister Marquis El Alamein. Mathilde, the empress, is easy to do, and there are Admiral Deneuve in military affairs, and Lucas in domestic and foreign affairs. Marquis El Alamein and Juarez. Coupled with the three backstages of the British and French Ming to stabilize the internal and external environment, as well as the booster of economic development of the Bank of Mexico, the Bank of America, it actually put a chaotic Mexico on the track, which is a bit of a vertical arch.
However, both Mathilde and her three assistants actually knew that the Mexican empire was a foreign power, and the current apparent prosperity was only because the previous 30 years were too chaotic, so that now the situation is a little quieter, and there has been a "recovery growth". Moreover, here in Mexico, except for a very small number of white people of French or German ancestry, who are a little more serious about doing things, most of the other races are giggling and laughing, and they have money today and spend money today. It is easy to rely on these people to make a prosperous market -- a little money can be spent, and the market will of course be prosperous, but it will be difficult to rely on them to build the country, after all, construction is such a thing that requires accumulation and hardship. People here in Mexico rarely have such qualities.
So the four leaders in Mexico are always a little hairy when it comes to the United States. "Too close to the United States, too far from whom" has become the mantra of the Mexican elite.
Now hearing the Mexican Prime Minister say the same thing again, Wu Chunqiu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that the dream of the emperor to split the United States is really difficult to achieve, and it is probably even more difficult to rely on a "powerful" Mexico to contain a unified United States, right?
"Yes," Mathilde I also complained at this time, "now the border between Mexico and Texas is really chaotic, many people are smuggled from the United States every day, and the patrols of thousands of people arranged on the border cannot stop it, it is really sad!" β
What the? Americans smuggled into Mexico? This empress can't be the opposite, right? Wu Chunqiu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the "black temporary settlement area" in Texas.
"Black in Texas?" He asked uncertainly.
Mathilde I snorted: "Who else but them?" There was chaos in that temporary resettlement area, there was a rampant number of guns, and there was no order at all! The land allocated to the blacks was not even cultivated, and it was a gathering place of disaster! (To be continued......)