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Gochakov knew that there was no hope of cooperating with Germany, at least on the terms put forward by Russia, which he did not look down on at all; And he can also put on a non-caring attitude and sit on the ground and ask for a price, which is what makes Russia feel the most angry. However, the lack of its own strength prevented the Russian Empire from showing the same grand expansion as Peter the Great.

Just when Gochakov was at a loss, the Russian ambassador in Paris received an invitation from the Tuileries Palace and gave them a letter.

When the Russian ambassador took the envelope, he was shocked by its contents.

This is an excerpt from Peter the Great's will, which has been circulating in Europe, and although the Russian government has never recognized that this diplomatic document was really written by Peter the Great, European countries still regard them as one of the incriminating evidence of Russia's foreign expansion ambitions.

The paper handed over by the other party contains excerpts from Articles 8 to 11 of Peter the Great's Will, and the purpose of the above is all the goal that Alexander II is striving for at this time.

"To make Russia expand constantly to the north along the Baltic Sea and southward along the Black Sea."

"Draw as close as you can to Constantinople and India, and whoever rules there will be the true ruler of the world. Therefore to provoke a war on the frontiers, not only in Turkey, but also in Persia. The establishment of a dock on the shores of the Black Sea and the acquisition of small plots of land near the Black Sea and on the Baltic coast are doubly necessary to realize our plans. At the time of the decline of Persia, it broke into the Persian Gulf, and if possible it was necessary to revive the ancient trade with the Levant, and advanced to India, which was the storehouse of the world. At this point, we no longer need the gold of England. ”

"Careful efforts were made to maintain an alliance with the Austrian crown, to pretend to support Austria's policy of attempting to rule the Germans in the future, and to secretly promote jealousy among the princes. By all means, Austria was induced to ask Russia for assistance and to exercise some kind of protection over the country in order to control it in the future. ”

"To arouse the interest of the Austrian crown in driving Turkey out of Europe, and to remove Austria's jealousy in the conquest of Constantinople, either by provoking it to war against the great powers of Europe, or by giving up a portion of the spoils, which we will later recover."

The last word is that I would like to send this letter to the Russian Prime Minister, Gochakov.

The German ambassador did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent the letter in the form of a telegram to Prime Minister Gochakov, who was still visiting Berlin.

Gochakov received a telegram from Paris, after which he was silent for a long time. Everything written above is what they are trying to achieve.

The French seem to have already penetrated Russia's purpose, and secretly reminded the other side: we know what you want to do, and we can help you achieve it.

Gochakov, who originally wanted to visit Vienna, quickly changed his itinerary and went directly south to Paris, wanting to have secret contacts with the French president.

Although there was no emotion on his face, deep down he had already made waves, and Gochakov believed in his heart that the French were the best allies.

Of course, he would not have thought that the always good-faced French president had a sharp knife hidden behind his back, and he was not interested in knowing what would happen to Russia in the Balkans, and the only thing he wanted to do was to will.

He decided to change course and quietly made a trip to Paris, where he met Napoleon at the Tuileries.

Gochakov, who was originally gushing in front of Prime Minister Bismarck, had nothing to say in the face of Napoleon, and the words he had prepared before were directly consumed in his heart after Napoleon's first sentence.

"Prime Minister Gochakov doesn't need to be reasonable, France can't form an alliance with Russia. There will be no Franco-Russian alliance to attack Ottoman Turkey, in fact, the Ottoman half-crippled empire only needs one Russia. ”

Prime Minister Gochakov was overwhelmed by Napoleon's words, and he asked with some hesitation, "Then what did the Tuileries Palace ask me to come to Paris for?" ”

"Of course, to solve the biggest problem that Russia faced before the war, such as who will be your biggest opponent when you start a formal attack on Ottoman Turkey?"

Napoleon asked himself, "No doubt the English, of course." I want to solve the contradictions between Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, you already know in your minds. In exchange for Joseph I's neutrality, Germany also wanted to see Vienna expand further and preserve the interests of their Germanic ties. ”

"As for France, we have already invested so much in St. Petersburg, we certainly will not be a stumbling block for you. So in the end you have only one enemy, England. ”

"Britain?"

Gochakov exhaled deeply, and he said with some hesitation, "We're going to fight the British?" ”

"Disraeli is not the Gladstone of the past, he is a prime minister with expansionist ambitions."

Gochakov cursed him indignantly, "A damned Jewish psychopath! ”

Napoleon's direct assault did not arouse Napoleon's sympathy, after all, the French had to compete with Britain for control of the Suez Canal, and the Egyptian governor Ismail Pasha was in financial crisis and planned to sell his shares in the canal. But the French in history were not greedy enough and planned to lower the price again, and after hearing the news, Disraeli secretly borrowed money from the Rothschild family overnight, and bought all the shares of the Egyptian government at a low price of 4 million pounds.

This time, however, the deep-pocketed French were not prepared to undercut prices, and he waited for Ismail Pasha to announce that he was in debt and ready to sell the Suez Canal.

In this respect, France and Russia had a common enemy, Great Britain.

Napoleon nodded, instigating and inciting the other side, "Yes, the British are like damned flies, where our interests expand, they will follow." But this time Britain was not prepared, and if you don't believe it, when Russia started a war, Britain did not mobilize its own home troops, but threatened a blockade of the port with warships. Even they will only mobilize colonial troops in India into Malta, so why should you be afraid? Afraid of a repeat of the Crimean War? Even if the Crimean War is repeated, France will not sit idly by, because we have invested a lot of money in Russia, are we going to let this money go down the drain? ”

There was no pressure at all on the Slavic cattle to crush the Turkish weak chickens, and the defeat of Gochakov was only the Great Bulgarian Treaty of Independence that provoked the nerves of the British, which led to the full suppression of the imperialist madmen in London, and no country dared to stand up for Russia.

"Aren't you afraid that the British will settle accounts with the French?"

Gochakov became increasingly unable to understand what the French were trying to do behind the scenes, and he had a vague sense that Paris was deploying a complicated game, in which even Russia was just a pawn.

"I can tell Russia a way for you to turn Germany into the position of an ally. Wasn't Gochakov's trip to Berlin for nothing? In fact, you only have to admit one fact, Bismarck would be more than willing to help. ”

Napoleon's words intrigued Gochakov, and he pricked up his ears to hear what the other party really had to say.

The other party just smiled slightly, and slowly said something that shocked him.

"That is, to recognize that the Alsace region belongs to Germany, and Bismarck will definitely become a staunch ally of Russia."

"Are you crazy?"

Gochakov's face changed suddenly, and he even suspected that he was discussing the situation in Europe with a fake French president, and that there was no one who openly encouraged other countries to deny their sovereignty.

"I'm certainly not crazy."

Napoleon said calmly, "Because what follows is the main drama of the political crisis in the Near East!" ”

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