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Chapter 29 This is the first purpose of Bourblon's visit to Beijing. In addition to this, he also had to represent his Emperor Majesty......

In July 861, Garibaldi left this great land with the Taiping government and the friendship of the people, accompanied by Cavour's soul. Although Cavour is asleep forever, his successors will see for him that the Taiping government, the ally he had chosen and had great expectations from, was making good on his dying promise, not only to provide maximum financial support to his nascent kingdom of Italy, but also to help his country in its great reunification.

At the end of 1862, Lin Haifeng and Bourblon met again in Beijing.

Beginning in 1857, the great Indian uprising, which had lasted for five years, was exhausted by the British, who had regarded themselves as the sole masters of India for nearly a hundred years. After years of hard fighting, the rebel army, which had never been looked down upon by any foreign power, not only cleared the British army entrenched in Punjab, but also took Calcutta, the capital of the so-called British Raj.

Today, the British army can only retreat to the area centered on Bombay and Madras. Although the British Empire desperately increased the number of troops of the East India Company and exhausted countless money and food, it was only barely able to hold the pitiful face of the great empire on which the sun never sets, from Bombay to Yanam and the Gothavari River.

In such a region of extreme poverty and backwardness, the British Empire was naturally angry and terrified that the warmth of the sun would not shine here without them, and that the messenger of the great gospel of God could encounter such an embarrassing and unprecedented predicament.

However, while the English were terrified, there was another person who had to sigh and even be afraid of them, and that was Napoleon III, the Emperor of France.

From 1673 onwards, the French East India Company invaded India and established its own trading base in Pondicherry, which became the main base of France in the South Asian subcontinent. Although the Dutch and the British, who were also anxious to advance into India, fought several major wars with France for control of India, making it difficult for France to achieve its ambitions. However, until the nineteen-fifties when Britain had gained control of almost the entire subcontinent, the British had no choice but to allow the French to continue to exist in Pondicherry, Mahi, Janan, and Calica, and to recognize their authority in these regions.

Pondicherry, these seemingly disconnected territories became the only part of French India.

It stands to reason that this little territory of France in India still belongs to the rear held by the British Empire, and there is a thin camel in front of him, and the British army in the land of Bima is a shield for him, and Napoleon III will not be anxious about this.

However, Napoleon III was a great monarch who regarded the land of his empire as more important than his own life, and he had lofty ideals, but he valued the territory of his empire more than his own.

So. As the great crisis took place in India, it became bigger and bigger. The Emperor of France. From the beginning, it was a pleasure to sit back and watch the British power gradually die out in India. Hoping that he might be able to get something in this big battle. gradually turned into a rabbit and a fox tragedy. Napoleon III, who had always insisted on territorial matters, was too worried. He feared that the British power in India would be completely destroyed. The other empire's territories will also disappear with it. Although he was in India, these territories were more than those of the British. It was so small that it couldn't be smaller.

This is the first purpose of Burblon's visit to Beijing. Besides. He also has to represent His Majesty the Emperor. Together with his old friend who can penetrate a breath, His Excellency Chairman Lin Haifeng. The current international situation is too chaotic. A broad exchange of views.

It's really messy right now. And the mess is already surprising.

Started last year. The American Civil War broke out. The North and the South are for the benefit of their own private lands. The fight was bloody, and it was inextricable.

And from 1860 onwards. Poland has entered a period of great upheaval again. in Warsaw. There were successive patriotic demonstrations by the Polish people against the colonial rule of Tsarist Russia. Although in the first half of last year. Mass demonstrations in Poland were suppressed by the Russian army and police. After triggering mass bloodshed again and again. On the surface, the situation in Poland seems to be much more stable. But everyone knows very well. This is just a temporary silence before the chaos.

No questions asked. in Poland. A raging fire that shocked the world against the oppression of the Russian nation and against the large-scale armed uprising of the feudal peoples. Soon it will be the same as in Italy in previous years. It's going to burn brightly.

Napoleon III, who is also the well-deserved boss of the European continent, can still take a pneumatic moment on the question of whether or not to reach out and ask the Americas, but he must be responsible for what happened on the European continent. Because everyone knows that the great Emperor Napoleon III, His Majesty, was human

Leaders of freedom, the Polish people now have to fight for their own freedom without saying anything.

But what kind of real benefits can be brought by intervening in Poland? Just when Napoleon III pondered and did not understand this matter, the Schleswig-Holtoy question on the North Sea coast was tossed up by Denmark and Prussia, which had been entangled for many years.

The Schleswig-Holstey region is located in the southern part of Jutland and the northern part of the North German lowlands, between the Baltic Sea in the east and the North Sea in the west. Schleswig-Holstein is bordered by Denmark to the north, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to the southeast, and Lower Saxony and Hamburg to the south.

The Schleswig-Holstein issue is complex, and it takes at least a few topics to understand it, and there is no need to dwell too much on it. To put it simply, these two dukedoms were once the northern frontier of the Holy Roman Empire. The Duchy of Holstein was inhabited by mostly German-speaking Germans, who had been part of the Holy Roman Empire since the Middle Ages, and since 1815 to the German Confederation, and as the king of Denmark, he was only a monarch in his name.

The northern part of the Duchy of Schleswig, on the other hand, is inhabited mainly by Danish-speaking Danes, while in the south it is inhabited mainly by German-speaking Germans.

In the nineteenth century, both in Denmark and in Prussia, the atmosphere of nationalism was very strong. The nationalists of Prussia and Denmark claimed without question that it was their own country.

Thus, in 1848 a war broke out in the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein, which were not supposed to be divided.

The pro-German elements, who tried to overthrow the Danish king by force, incorporated Schleswig into the German Confederation into a united Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein.

But the war and the attempts of the conspirators aroused the great concern of the other European powers, and under pressure from the great powers, Prussia and the German Confederation finally withdrew their intervening troops.

The war between Schleswig-Holstein ended with the victory of the Danish army, the signing of the Treaty of Berlin between the German Union and Denmark, and the return of Schleswig-Holstein to its former state.

According to the terms of the relevant treaties, Schleswig and Holstein are forever inseparable. But now, as the Danish king is aging, the National Liberal Party, which has led several government cabinets in Denmark, has begun to plan to maintain its rule over Schleswig. They began to draft a new constitution on the common affairs of Denmark and Schleswig. The main thrust of the constitution was that Denmark would not directly annex Schleswig, but would instead form a special parliament called the Nordic Parliament of the late Middle Ages to deal with the common affairs of the two countries.

Of course, the various related issues involved in this are also quite complicated, and ordinary people really can't understand it for a while. The general idea seems to be that the government in Schleswig and Holstein should be a constitutional monarchy, and that the Danish crown should have hereditary powers.

However, there is one person who understands very well, and this person's name is Otosmarck.

In February 1862, Otosmarck left Paris and returned to Prussia, thus beginning another chapter in his life. Having served as Minister to France, he was not only satisfied with the appointment of Prime Minister of Prussia, but also Minister of Foreign Affairs of Prussia.

It was with the appearance of this figure, who regarded "iron and blood" as the program and creed of a united Germany, that the already chaotic European continent became even more chaotic.

Bismarck was well aware that Denmark was playing with this hand, which was fundamentally contrary to his great cause of German reunification. The Schleswig-Holstein region was his first step in bringing Germany into reunification, so if Prussia had the best interest in Schleswig-Holstein at the moment, it was simply that he had to first find a way to make Schleswig-Holstein independent and completely free from the constraints of the Danish crown.

It is clear that once the so-called new constitution is introduced, Schleswig will inevitably be annexed to Denmark and separated from Holstein, which was a member of the German Confederation. Thus, in his first speech to the Prussian parliament after taking office, Denmark loudly declared that "Germany is not concerned with Prussian liberalism, but with power." Prussia had to gather its strength for a favorable opportunity, which we have missed several times. The contemporary question of gravity is not something that can be solved by a speech and a resolution of the majority, but by Bismarck, who is "iron and blood", as the best opportunity for armed intervention, and grasps it tightly in his hands.

In the name of fulfilling the so-called noble laws of the German Confederation, he was to use real war to liberate the local German population of Schleswig-Holstein, which was being ravaged by the shameless Danish dynasty.

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