Chapter 918: Entering the Palace
In the past two years, as the preparatory period for the constitution has approached, Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, and other high-level government officials, as well as some industrial and commercial owners, have made frequent contacts with the leaders of various political parties and ministers and consuls in the West, and this is obviously an attempt to establish a bourgeois political party in China by emulating the West.
This is exactly the same as China's layout in the six countries of Southeast Asia and the six countries of India, but Wang Feng will not interfere arbitrarily, nor will he have any additional views on Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai and others, as long as the country is not chaotic and the most fundamental bottom line is not violated, Wang Feng does not care what kind of road China will eventually take.
However, he absolutely does not allow one party to dominate, he must take checks and balances, since a political party representing the industrial and commercial class and the farmer class is in the pipeline, then he will organize the workers on the basis of trade unions to form the Labor Party, and Zhou Yanqi is the future leader of the Labor Party he cultivated.
Wang Feng was looking at Zhou Yanqi with satisfaction, but a trace of anger flashed in Fu'ad Pasha's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Your country keeps talking about duty and glory, don't you take into account the feelings of our country?" I have made a special case for my soldiers to enter the palace, and if I allow them to enter with weapons again, although I understand that this is only a symbol of your country, and I do not think that your country has any unfavorable intentions towards His Majesty the Caliph, what is the face of our country?
For nearly a hundred years, our country has been repeatedly defeated at the hands of the Russians, but even so, Russian soldiers have never been seen in Istanbul, let alone entered the palace with weapons. I hope that China will not set this precedent, the safety of the Chinese emperor. His Majesty the Caliph's Praetorian Guard will be in charge, and there will be absolutely no way to make any mistakes. Now that my country and your country are military allies and political brothers, you should give our country full confidence and should not leave any argument that could be used by hostile countries to provoke us. “
Fouad Pasha looked righteous and stern, and raised the situation to the extent that it affected the relations between the two countries, and it was true that entering the palace of another country with armed men was a contempt and outright ill-intentioned by Chi Guoguo. It was the most serious act of aggression, and Wang Feng also thought so, and he would never allow armed personnel from other countries to enter his palace.
If he goes to Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Westminster in the United Kingdom, Wang Feng will not bring armed men with him, because Britain is a rational country that can be trusted under the premise that both sides have common interests, unlike Turkey, which is essentially Turkic. Reasoning is just for disguise, there is a crazy gene in the blood, in history, which Chinese emperor dared to ally with the Turkic Khan without any armed forces?
No!
Wang Feng didn't dare!
I don't want to. Don't do unto others does not apply to international relations.
Seeing that there was a stalemate, the atmosphere on both sides was a little tense. Of course, it is impossible for Wang Feng to leave with his hands thrown away. In any case, he was going to enter the royal palace in Turkey.
"Hehe~~" Wang Feng suddenly smiled: "Your Excellency Fuad." China and Austria have been friendly with each other for hundreds of years, and there has never been a dispute over territory and interests, if you compare China with Russia, I can be joking with you, and I also believe that your country has enough strength to defend me, but since the rules have been set, they must always be followed, right? Although I am the Emperor of China, I cannot wantonly break the rules I have made with the Royal Guard.
Judging from the traditional friendship between China and Austria and the prospects for long-term cooperation, bringing weapons into the palace is only a trivial matter. This is ridiculous at all, and I cannot think of any reason why China should do this, and even if my guards only carry small arms on their side, I do not see what kind of threat it will pose to His Majesty the Emperor.
If I didn't go in, but chose to leave, you and I would be ridiculed by the whole world, and the alliance between our two countries would be doubted by the whole world, and even further, it would bring bad consequences to you and me.
Otherwise, you and I will retreat, my guards, carry weapons into the palace, but in the banquet hall, no one is allowed to carry weapons, this is my bottom limit, if your country still does not agree, then I can only apologize to His Majesty the Emperor of your country. “
This is equivalent to an ultimatum, Fouad Pasha did not express his position immediately, but muttered quietly to Foreign Minister Ali Pasha for a while, and then sent someone into the palace, and when he came out to convey the will of the caliph, he said: "Although His Majesty the Emperor of China insists, although I also believe that your country came with good intentions, but the Bamache Palace is the palace of our Ottoman Empire after all, and the Chinese soldiers guarding in front of the ceremonial palace will make people mistakenly think that there is no one in our empire, and there will be some very bad conjectures among the people, I am afraid that His Majesty the Caliph will also be unhappy, soWe will also mobilize 500 Praetorian Guards to stand with your soldiers! "Okay, the emperors of China and Austria will meet in the ceremonial palace, and the soldiers of the two countries will stand guard outside, which is comparable to the alliance of the Spring and Autumn Tyrants in ancient China, which can be a good story in the history of exchanges between the two countries, please!" Wang Feng didn't drag the mud and water, laughed and stretched out his hand.
Fouad Pasha was also very satisfied, after all, the number of people was one-on-one, the Chinese soldiers had rear-loading rifles, and the Ottoman Empire also had them, which had just been purchased from France, and the most elite Praetorian Guards who were transferred to stand guard were naturally the most elite Janissaries, tall and big, at first glance, they were much stronger than the thin Chinese soldiers, and there were thousands of Praetorian Guards on the periphery, if an accident really happened, it was entirely possible to control the situation within a minute or two, forcing the Chinese emperor to sign an alliance under the city, and even let him never return to China!
"Hahahaha~~ His Majesty the Emperor of China, please!" Fouad Pasha happily stretched out his hand.
In terms of scale, the Dobamache Palace is much smaller than the old palace, covering an area of only about 100,000 square meters, but it is even more exquisite and luxurious, with patches of tulip fields distributed everywhere, interspersed with various exotic flowers and fruits and unique buildings, full of strong Mediterranean style.
Soon, the ceremonial palace was in sight, and there were several men standing under the steps in front of the palace gate, and behind them were more than a dozen young and beautiful women dressed in gorgeous clothes.
Although Ottoman Turkey believes in the White Religion, it is different from the orthodox White Christians, and is greatly influenced by the West, the women do not wear veils, nor white or black robes, but wear dresses with Turkish national characteristics, mainly monochrome embroidery, but bright colors, the upper arms are tight, and the fluffy slits below the lower arms reveal half of the white jade arms.
The upper body is a bit similar to the puffy skirt of European women, tight, corseted, exposing half of the hemisphere, showing a slender waist and plump ****, and then wearing a luxurious necklace made of pearls and diamonds, the milky white skin is dazzling.
(To be continued.) )
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