761 Meat-cutting talks
This mediation meeting was held in London, England, and Britain is particularly concerned about this Turkish affair and is hosting such a new type of international meeting for the first time. www.biquge.info Obviously, Europeans now recognize the necessity and correctness of learning from the Tang Dynasty, and some of the Tang people's political and social practices have also been imitated by Europeans, otherwise they are crude and obsolete.
Even in European society, the Datang formal wear is actually a suit that has not yet developed into this plane, and has quietly become the head of politicians and professionals. Its beauty and decency are indeed not comparable to the old European costumes that blindly pay attention to aristocratic quality.
Tang Foreign Minister Chu Bai personally stepped in, and because of his appearance, the participating countries also appeared at the level of foreign ministers. At this time, it has become much more convenient for politicians to travel, because Datang has liberalized civil aircraft after the European war, and now all major European countries have routes to and from the capital, although it is not frequent, but it is also more convenient than the fatigue of travel. At present, Datang Europe Airlines, a joint venture company in which Datang holds 70 percent of the shares and a small amount of capital from some other countries, mainly operates European civil aviation routes. The main pilots are also Tang, but the company has a program to train local European pilots, some of whom can already serve as co-pilots, and may even become captains soon.
Among the participating countries, Britain has a relatively strong purpose, and Greece, which they support, must be independent, which is something that the British have come up with from the beginning and cannot negotiate. The Russians want Romania to become completely independent and no longer a Turkish protectorate. The Austrians had a limited say when they caught the last train into the meeting, and they knew it themselves. The Italians have already gotten Libya, relatively desireless. The French, for their part, hope to be able to cut more flesh out of Turkey through diplomatic efforts.
Chu Bai is also scratching his head about this situation, and Datang is undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary in this incident. But if the war is not effectively and properly terminated, then Datang will need to continue to focus on the Middle East and North Africa. While this doesn't necessarily turn into another Middle Eastern quagmire for Miti, wasting energy is also unpleasant.
The envoy of the Turkish Sultan also came to London, and his task was the most difficult, to protect Turkish interests to the greatest extent. This is very unlikely, because the huge Turkish army that conquered Eurasia no longer exists, and the changes of time have left the Ottomans behind mercilessly. Turkey is a bit overwhelmed by any of the great powers, not to mention the fact that several countries are now eyeing the Ottomans.
There was already instability in the Ottoman country, careerists of all ethnic groups were on the move, and even the Turks were fighting for power within themselves, and it was not without them that they wanted to overthrow the current sultan. It can be said that the predicament faced by Turkey at this time was more severe than that of the Eight-Nation Alliance, because the Eight-Nation Coalition at that time was unable to occupy the huge Qing Empire, but the situation in Turkey was different, with chaotic and complex races, imperial territories divided into different geographical spaces, and more powerful enemies. There is a pessimistic atmosphere throughout Turkey.
The talks were first held between the multinational coalition forces, and Chu Bai directly said: "Before a showdown with the Turks, we must reach a unity internally to form the greatest oppressive force, and there can be no internal differences or even mutual demolition." And as soon as our goals are set, then we will not take a step back, Turkey does not agree, and the war continues. ”
Everyone was in their hearts, in fact, Chu Bai's statement had an obvious Tang style. Datang is a country that basically will not compromise strategically and diplomatically, once they come up with conditions, whether it is harsh or easy, then Datang will bite it, and there is not much room for bargaining. Now it is obvious that the Tang people also plan to make a solid decision, and then implement it.
However, it is very difficult to form a clear unity within the European countries themselves.
The independent Greek kingdom supported by the British, which was largely agreed by the representatives of all countries, was in trouble with what the borders of Greece were, and the British naturally hoped that the pro-British Greece would be as large as possible. But Austria, Italy, and Russia did not want Greece to become too powerful. Now the Greek kingdom is actually a shelf, and it does not occupy much land at all, so it is equivalent to taking away a large territory with empty white teeth.
The Tang Dynasty also proposed a solution to the question of Greek borders, forming a Greek kingdom that included Crete and Macedonia but did not include Eastern Thrace. Naturally, the kingdom is also a country of the Warsaw Accords and needs to be opened to other countries' markets and investments.
As for Serbia and other places claimed by Austria, it is impossible for them to give these areas to Austria without doing anything. So the will of the countries is more unified, that is, Turkey still retains these areas. However, in the future, all countries will certainly make trouble here and incite the Serbs to seek independence, and it will be impossible to stop when the winds in the Balkans begin to blow.
Romania's independence is also largely a foregone conclusion. The Russians did not make a territorial fuss this time, but insisted that the Ottoman Empire give up control of Wallachia and Moldova, and that the two principalities could choose to merge into a single Romanian kingdom. As for Bulgaria, the countries have no intention of touching again.
In the Asian and African parts, it is obviously impossible to spit out the places that were swallowed by the Tang Dynasty and Britain, France and Italy. Datang is already preparing to establish an overseas territory in Iraq and a Carthage overseas territory in North Africa. In both places, the Tang Dynasty began to immigrate Chinese to them, and the Chinese quickly became dominant in the local area. A large number of Arabs and other green religions in the two places, the Tang Dynasty is preparing to relocate them to Egypt. In the eastern part of Asia Minor, the Tang Dynasty prepared to make it independent from Turkey and form the Kurdish Republic. As you can tell from the name, Datang is ready to move the Kurds here, which will become an important part of the future confrontation with Turkey.
Egypt became independent, the Republic of Egypt was established, and the political situation would be dominated by a patchwork of Egyptian Progressive Party, into which almost all countries would be mixed with sand. Libya taken by Italy would remain in Italian hands under the name of a Mandate.
After the agreement reached by many countries was shown to the Turks, the Turkish Sultan envoy almost fainted, which was clearly something that Turkey could not accept. In fact, Chu Bai did not expect that Turkey would readily accept it. (To be continued.) )