Chapter 126: Strength Sells Teammates
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A day later, the two sides signed the "Tuileries Agreement" in Paris, formally settling the peace talks in the Franco-Prussian War in the form of articles, and Chancellor Bismarck's hands trembled a little as he signed the paper, and finally took a few deep breaths before he calmed down. Indignantly, Lā signed his name on paper on behalf of the German nation. Judging by his demeanor, it seems as if the Germans were victims of unequal treaties.
Representatives of the five countries pose for a group photo at the entrance of the Tuileries Palace, and Daguerre's invention of photography captures this historic moment, and everyone else around him smiles, except for Chancellor Bismarck, who has a bitter and vengeful face. His expression is very much like that of those celebrities from other countries who have been infected with the "French (Mei) country (poison) disease" after a night of romance in Paris.
The Paris Peace Conference came to an end for the time being.
On the surface, the Prussian army still looked like a triumphant victor, forcing Paris to turn Alsace into an economic free zone between France and Germany, and receiving an indemnity of 10 million francs. But Bismarck knew that this reparation would not hurt Paris, and they could even pay all the reparations on the spot, so that Prussia could get out of French soil. Moreover, Napoleon insisted that Prussia not break banks in the occupied zone, and Crown Prince Frederick's original plan fell through.
The Junker nobles of the main war faction even ran to Wilhelm I to admonish him, demanding that he reject the French proposal and tear up the Tuileries agreement to start a new war, but King Wilhelm, who was not very firm, finally instructed Prime Minister Bismarck to agree to all conditions and hastily end the war.
Unable to stand the king's consideration of the "overall situation", Bidianfeldt also ran to Bismarck and tried his best to encourage the leaders of the main war faction in Germany, but the other party gave him bad news.
Bismarck sighed and said, "Although I am also unwilling, this war can no longer continue. I respect the opinion of King William, and on the face of it, Prussia did not lose, it was just that we did not get the desired benefits. ”
"Is it true that Your Excellency Prime Minister is comforting himself with such self-deceptive lies?"
"We should have returned from Paris like a victor, but now?" The Prussian army did not even enter the city gates! He was even fiddled with at the negotiating table. ”
It was only after Crown Prince Frederick explained the facts to Bismarck that the Prussian hierarchy realized that this was a deception designed by the French.
"Don't!"
Chancellor Bismarck suddenly erupted and stopped Bidenfeldt's exhortation, and he said slowly, "It's not that we don't want to insist, we are undefeated and defeated." ”
Byrne, the Minister of War who was far away in Berlin, learned of this by telegram and lamented it. He claimed that Prussia had lost its best chance to break the French will for revenge, and that preparations for the Franco-Prussian War had been in vain.
Mochmo was silent, and the Prussian army was overwhelmed in the early and middle periods, but underestimated Paris's determination to resist to the end.
At this time, King William also experienced the pain of Tsar Alexander's intervention by European powers in the end of every Russo-Turkish war, and almost every Tsar would lament in his heart before he died that Constantinople had not yet returned, and the glory of the Third Rome had not yet been restored.
Some people were happy and some were sad at the Paris Conference, because Britain thought that its political goals had been achieved, but Russian Foreign Secretary Kochakov proposed to British Foreign Secretary Russell to revise the "London Straits Convention." Claim that Tsar Alexander II rejected the terms signed thirty years ago.
And yesterday, the day of the month, the Tsar officially issued a circular to the signatories of the above-mentioned "Paris Peace Treaty", announcing the expiration of the restrictions on the Russian fleet in the Black Sea and the neutrality of the Black Sea, a day later than the original historical declaration.
The British minister Russell was taken by surprise by the sudden change, and Paris did not even inform him of the incident, and when the British minister Russell went to confirm Gochakov's law to Napoleon, he received Napoleon's acquiescence.
Russell suddenly had the feeling that he had also been caught up in the Paris agreement, and the French government had never emphasized the intention of the Russians to join the conference. But now that he thinks about it, he is afraid that the weakened Paris has acquiesced in the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Mediterranean.
However, in order to restrain Russia's enormous benefits in the Black Sea through the Treaty of Adrianople, the Great Powers concluded the Treaty of the London Straits in the same year, claiming that the Turkish Straits were forbidden to pass through any foreign ships in peacetime, and that Turkey had the right to allow light warships under the jurisdiction of the embassies of friendly countries to pass.
The convention deprived Russia of the preponderance in the straits that it had acquired since the signing of the Treaty of Winkar-Iskelesi, and for the first time placed the Black Sea straits under international supervision, but it made no mention of the status of the straits in wartime. intensified the struggle between Russia and other European powers for the straits.
After the Russo-Turkish War, the combined Anglo-French fleet entered the Black Sea through the straits, leading to the Crimean War. At the end of the same year, the "Treaty of Paris" concluded by the belligerents stipulated that the Black Sea was a neutral zone, and all foreign ships were prohibited from entering and leaving the strait, and Russia and Turkey were not allowed to keep ships of more than one ton in the Black Sea. nbp; ships of more than tons and set coastal fortifications.
Now the Russian tsar is bent on turning the Black Sea into his backyard swimming pool, the newly unified Prussia needs to find allies internationally, and is naturally willing to accept the olive branch thrown by the Russians, while Paris has quietly sold its British teammates for its own interests.
British Prime Minister Gladstone looked back, bastard, there was only one British island country left on his side, and everyone else was on the side of the Russian Tsar.
"Do you want to sell your teammates so quickly!"
By the time the London Straits Treaty is revised, it will be in March next year.
The shadow of Krupp that had hung over the land of France finally lifted, and the martial law in the city of Paris came to an abrupt end. Napoleon was silent as he looked at the remnants of the ruins outside Paris.
Fell down in the corner and crouched down, digging a bullet from a bullet hole in the wall.
This is the bullet head of the Chasebo rifle, and the dense bullet holes in the wall announce the tragedy of this battle.
Governor Trochu stood behind him, looked at the devastated town, and said, "This war is far more difficult than we think, and on several occasions Paris even wanted to give up the struggle and negotiate peace with Germany." ”
Napoleon nodded with a wry smile and said, "Actually, Bismarck didn't know that even if they held on a little longer, Germany would win." Unfortunately, because of Crown Prince Frederick's cowardice, King William's credulity in rumors, and the arrest of Chancellor Bismarck, we were lucky enough to win. ”
The war was won by 50 percent of the luck factor, and Crown Prince Frederick's inexperience combined with King Wilhelm's misjudgment prevented Bismarck from turning the tide.
"Although the war is over, the feud between the two countries has fallen. For a long time to come, there will be no reconciliation between France and Germany, and the British are very happy to see the hatred between France and Germany. After all, it is in their interest. ”
"By the way, the other generals in the Metz fortress will also return to Paris one after another, as well as the generals who were captured before, do you think a meeting should be arranged?"
Napoleon knew what Trochu meant, and as an airborne leader of the French anti-war faction, he had to have face-to-face contact if he wanted to be recognized by other orthodox French generals.
"Of course you need to schedule a meeting."
Napoleon's expression became so cold that the governor of Trochu did not even grasp the meaning of his words.
"How can they learn a lesson in the next war without teaching this group of arrogant generals a good lesson? Second-rate generals can only turn the Crimean War into a worse battle, and if the future of France is handed over to this group of people, the next time it will be completely finished. ”
"The next war, and Prussia?"
Trochu was slightly stunned, he did not expect that Napoleon was now planning the next war conflict.
"No, yes and the whole German nation. Bismarck, who was unwilling, and the people of Paris, who also refused to admit defeat, only lacked a fuse for the time being. Coupled with Britain's strenuous obstruction, we should have about 30 to 40 years left to develop the economy and expand our national strength. The biggest issue constraining the French war is population, and I will begin to gradually formulate a strategy for adjustment after the formation of a provisional government in the next parliamentary election. ”
France's population growth seemed to have stagnated throughout the century, and by the end of the century, France's population had grown by 10,000 in nearly a century, while the rest of Europe was a time of great demographic leaps, and for Napoleon, this fatal flaw would pose a serious threat to France for the next century, especially after the First World War had exhausted a generation of people.
Is it necessary for the blacks of Africa and the greens of North Africa to represent the future of France?
It shuddeers just thinking about it.
Therefore, Napoleon hoped that after the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the call of the people would be "have more children and raise more pigs, and a million troops will crush Berlin." Instead of "The Germans are coming, we don't have enough people for them to fight, let's surrender quickly!" ”
Others, of course, will not understand the idea that Napoleon was in dire need of developing the population. Just as they could not have anticipated how tragic and bloody the First World War would be.
Trochu did not know the inside story, but he supported Napoleon's approach as always, asking, "So what should we do?" ”
"Patience for the time being."
Napoleon replied briefly, and then he added.
"And revenge."
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