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The French military reform was only to solve the first mess. In Napoleon's view, the whole country was a rotten barrel full of holes, and every hollowed hole needed to be filled with all his might.

After charting the course of military reform, the next step is to turn the tide in the international diplomatic situation. The Franco-Prussian War deprived the French of their dominance on the European continent and worsened the geopolitical environment in Paris even more. France became an irreconcilable country for Germany. Napoleon could not deal with Germany on their own, and they needed to form an alliance with any country hostile to Germany, whether for self-preservation or revenge. This makes it difficult to localize crises involving Germany, and thus limits the basic direction of German diplomacy.

After all, Germany's heart to France is not dead, when King Wilhelm officially announced the establishment of the Second German Empire, his next move was to find ways to limit the development of France.

The British Prime Minister Gladstone, on the other hand, has an attitude of eating melons and watching the excitement of the people in France and Germany, which is in line with their policy of balancing the European continent.

In September 1872, King Franz Joseph I of Austria and Prime Minister Count Andrárhi, Tsar Alexander II and Prime Minister Gorchakov visited Berlin to meet with Kaiser Wilhelm I and Chancellor Bismarck. The prime ministers of the three countries finally agreed: to maintain the status quo in Europe; Coordinated resolution of disputes in South-Eastern Europe. In March of the following year, Kaiser Wilhelm I, Bismarck and Moltke visited St. Petersburg, and Germany and Russia signed a mutual defense pact. Around June of the same year, the Russian Emperor Alexander II and Gorchakov visited Vienna, and the Tsar and Austrian Emperor signed the "Synbolon Agreement", stipulating that in the event of a third-country invasion that threatened European peace, the two countries should immediately discuss a common course of action. King William later joined the agreement, which remained in force until 1875.

It is known as the First Three Emperors Alliance.

It can be said that for the next five years, Napoleon had to sabotage this deliberate plan against the French alliance, which was a protracted battle, and he had to play the role of taking over the "-stirring stick" from the hands of Prime Minister Gladstone and completely disrupting Germany's plan to become the defender of order on the European continent.

Bismarck's ensuing international environment was extremely complex: in order to isolate France, he had to maintain a conservative alliance of the three monarchies of Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany, and to do so he needed to influence the development of Russian-Austrian relations, which were too close to each other to leave Germany alone, or that a conflict over the Balkans would undermine Germany's diplomatic position in Europe. While regarding Russian-German friendship as the cornerstone of German diplomacy, he could not offend Britain, which was in sharp opposition to Russia in the Near East and Central Asia.

Don't you like to be the hegemon of the continent, Paris will make it a thankless time for you.

Napoleon finally made a move, and the Provisional Government was still a mess, and he needed to pick a credible political ally to carry out his plan.

At the same time, Napoleon had to draft the constitution of the Third Reich, and he battled the wits of the people in Congress and refused to turn the power of the president into a rubber stamp.

However, there was one man he had to visit, and although the change of foreign ministers in the French Third Republic was as common as eating and drinking, from 1870 to 1880 there were 11 foreign ministers, but De Kaz was the longest-reigning and the most capable one, and if it were not for the reorganization of Grevy's cabinet, perhaps he would have continued to do so.

The streets of France returned to their former calm, the houses damaged by the artillery fire began to be renovated under the auspices of the government, and the Baron Haussmann was reinstated as the head of the temporary construction department in Paris, and the city of his own design was put in order.

Napoleon sat in the carriage in a low-key manner, looking at the various crowds in the street, and did not speak. It was only after the coachman whispered to remind the other party that he had reached his destination that he came back to his senses and nodded to the coachman.

He stepped out of the carriage and stood in front of a rococo building, then put on his hat and walked in the direction of the gate.

There was always a figure on the street, looking at him as if he was not looking.

Napoleon rang the doorbell, and after a crisp ring, there was the sound of small footsteps inside, and then the wooden door was opened, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties opened the door.

Napoleon looked up and smiled at him.

The other party was stunned for a moment after seeing his appearance, and randomly poked his head out to look left and right, looking nervous.

This face will not be forgotten by the entire people of Paris, because he changed France. At the same time, it also convinces the people of Paris that the fate of a person depends not only on his own struggle, but also on the historical course of the entire country.

Napoleon comforted the other, "The National Gendarmerie will not come to your trouble, they are indeed in the vicinity, but only to ensure my safety." You know a lot of people in Paris right now who are not happy with me, be prepared. ”

Dekaz whispered, "Come in, Napoleon......"

He didn't know whether to address the other party as Your Majesty or Your Excellency, but the other party resolved his conflict straightforwardly.

"Just call me His Excellency Napoleon, there is no emperor in France anymore."

After a brief greeting, the two walked into the living room, where Napoleon sat on the sofa, took off his hat, and said succinctly, "I have come here this time to let His Excellency Dekaz take the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Reich alone, I wonder if you are interested?" ”

De Kaz paused for a moment, he did not expect Napoleon to be so straightforward in proposing him to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Because no matter how you arrange it, you shouldn't be able to line him.

"Does His Excellency Napoleon want me to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France? Why? ”

"Because you do things, I don't worry."

Napoleon laughed, and naturally he would not have told Dekaz about the crisis of the Franco-German war in 1875 in the future, nor would he tell him now that you have handled this diplomatic crisis very well.

Dekaz's purpose as foreign minister was not only to defuse the crisis of 1875, but also to dismantle the already weak alliance of the Three Emperors.

"After the conflict between France and Germany turns from a white-hot confrontation to a confrontation, Germany needs to find new allies to sanction us who are hungry for revenge, and Austria and Russia will become the first choice of Prime Minister Bismarck."

Dekazlen paused for a moment and asked rhetorically, "You mean that the three of them will form an anti-French alliance?" ”

"It is difficult, because of the presence of the Balkan powder keg, the contradictions between Austria and Russia will not end. And in the face of these problems involving the fundamental interests of the state, Bismarck will also be helpless. ”

Napoleon shook his head and said bluntly, "The countries with the most interests and the most conflicted interests in the Balkans are Russia and Austria, neither of which is willing to pick apart the Eastern question; But as soon as the problem is solved, Russia cannot ignore the Slavs in the Balkans. And King Joseph did not dare to let the Slavs succeed, because it was a huge national prison in itself. If the three countries form an anti-French alliance, then both countries try to keep the guarantees promised in the covenant. An attempt was made to avert the conflict through a reform program in the Balkans. ”

"But there is one country that will be firmly opposed, Ottoman Turkey, and all the next diplomatic strategy of France is to make all plans for peaceful coexistence between Austria and Russia come to naught."

The reforms introduced by Russia and Austria in the Balkans would lead to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and if the Ottoman Empire collapsed, the situation in the East would be unpredictable, conflicts would likely become more frequent, and the interests of the countries would be more uncertain and unsatisfied.

Therefore, the most direct way to break up the anti-French alliance and find a breakthrough from the Ottoman Empire is to break down.

After listening to Napoleon's account, it dawned on Dekaz. The international situation in Europe was originally more complicated than expected, but as long as we grasp the key points, everything can be solved.

"There's another very important point."

Napoleon held up a finger and stressed to Dekaz that "France will not easily ally with any European country in the coming period, nor will it break into direct conflict with any country." ”

"We are going to muddy the waters, France will not be able to gain political benefits, and Bismarck will not think about it."

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