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"I will only say the next words to the Sultan, and ask Prime Minister Midhat to recuse himself."

Dekaz made an unconscionable request, and the prime minister set his sights on the Sultan, hoping that he would refuse his request. But at this time, Hamid II, who was already planning to become a horse doctor, could not care so much, and in his opinion, Foreign Minister Dekaz was the last straw and the only savior of Ottoman Turkey.

"Prime Minister Midhardt, you should stay away for a moment, I want to hear what Foreign Minister Decaz has to say."

Now that the Sultan had spoken, Prime Minister Midhat had no choice but to follow his orders and take his leave.

Hamid II invited Dekaz to move to the fountain in the back garden, and after dispersing the attendants to the left and right, he asked, "What is the plan of the Parisian side to get me through this difficult time?" Russia's hundreds of thousands of troops have been almost completely crushed, and we are almost unable to support it, and I hope that you can jointly put pressure on Russia! ”

Minister Dekaz laughed a little, and he deliberately asked, "Isn't Plevin still impregnable at this time?" The Russian army failed to take him down in two strong attacks, and a quarter of its troops were exhausted, and this war can continue to drag on, can you turn defeat into victory? ”

At this time, Milyutin, a staff officer of the Russian army, admitted that if the fight continued like this, the huge Russian army would be wiped out in a very short time. At this time, Alexander II's determination to fight was seriously shaken, believing that the Russian army was in an extremely disadvantageous and even dangerous situation.

"Huh."

Sultan Hamid II laughed dryly, and he said self-deprecatingly, "If we can really win the other side, do we still need to ask the Western European countries for help again and again?" According to the latest information from our front, the commander-in-chief of the Danube Army, Grand Duke Nicholas the Elder, asked for help from Carol I of Romania, and 40,000 Romanian troops entered the war as Russia's allies, and when the time came, with the arrival of 100,000 Russian reinforcements, 70 kilometers of trenches were built, how could this battle be fought? They could trap us to death with their military might, and the Ottomans would never have won this battle. ”

"Of course you can't win, but even if you can't, it's better than losing Constantinople, right?"

"If I were Turkey, I would use the abandonment of the Balkans as a bargaining chip to conclude a treaty with Russia." In this way, you simply lose the vassal state that is not your own, thus ensuring that there is no risk of extinction. ”

"Is this the French plan? Let's abandon the place where the Ottoman Empire has been operating for hundreds of years and consciously admit defeat and surrender? ”

Hamid II sneered and said, "This war is not over yet, and it is not certain whether the Russians can take the Balkans or not." ”

Dekaz stood in front of the fountain in the back garden, looking at the gurgling water, not caring about Sultan Hamid's ridicule. Wait until the other person has finished talking before continuing.

"Of course, the point of this plan is not to make you give up the country, but to allow you to consolidate your current throne. Even if I don't need to mention it, Hamid has suddenly sensed that there is a force against you in the country, right? And the constitutionalists, mainly the prime minister, are desperately restricting your rights. So what's in your interest in losing this war? Those who clamored for a constitutional monarchy in the country will deprive you of your rights and even expel you, and if you do it my way, at least you will be able to consolidate the throne and not end up as a dead king. ”

The words of Foreign Minister Dekaz directly hit the heart of Hamid II, these are hidden secrets hidden in the depths of his heart, but he did not expect that the first person to say it openly was actually the foreign minister of France.

"I have promulgated the first constitution and I have made concessions to those who have seized power."

Those include prime ministers, who are committed to a constitutional monarchy, and who are desperately trying to limit the power of the monarchy.

"Yes, you have made concessions, but they will not compromise, and you must know that a considerable part of those who oppose you are inextricably linked to the rebellion in the Balkans. In this way, some tried to end the dynastic rule of the Ottoman Empire. If it were someone else, you would have driven out the Constitution-preaching forces long ago, and a group of corrupt thieves tried to limit your power in order to expand their power. ”

Decaz's speech left Hamid II speechless, and he already sensed the irreversibility of the constitutional trend in the country. He needed to find other ways to secure his position and to galvanize everyone's resolve to confront a foreign enemy.

"You give up the Balkans that don't belong to you, and leave the mess to Russia and Austria-Hungary to headaches, so that their attention will be diverted to each other, at least the Ottoman Empire is safe for the time being. You can use this time to enforce your theocracy and strengthen the faith and worship of the people of your religious regions, and use this as a way to fight against Russia, which is far more powerful than you. ”

Dekaz relayed Napoleon's words to Hamid II as they were, in order to use him as the last straw to resist the southward movement of his temporary allies. Moreover, he also seized that the Sultan's thirst for power was far greater than his determination to defend against foreign enemies, so he used the abandonment of the Balkans as a bargaining chip, fooling him into focusing his attention on the Black Sea.

Hamid II's expression went from being puzzled at the beginning to suddenly realizing. He finally understood that Foreign Minister Dekaz's idea was a stupid move in the general direction. But judging by the details, at least the Ottoman Sultan can no longer be harassed by Russia, and instead concentrate on consolidating his own regime.

"This is a tailor-made plan for the Sultan, so don't waste the French president's painstaking efforts."

Unbeknownst to Hamid II, Napoleon's seemingly sincere offer was only a pit of fire to push him in every possible way, and if the fall of the Russian Tsar was an inevitable end of history, then the perverse actions of the Turkish Sultan would not bring him an impregnable regime.

"If you are willing to give up the Balkans, then France will be your firm ally, and you will not let Turkey get involved in the next treaty. That's what Paris can give you. ”

Finally, he will stab the Three Emperors Alliance with the deadliest stab, and let the order that Bismarck has painstakingly created completely collapse.

Russia occupies most of the Balkan Peninsula, will the future of Slavic independence be far away?

"Then thank Paris for your kindness."

Hamid II thought he had found a reliable ally, but he did not expect to get on the French thief ship. He said to the translator beside him, "Today's matter is not allowed to reveal a word to the outside world, including Prime Minister Midhardt, if anyone dares to say it, it will be punished for treason." ”

"What a terrible sultan."

Foreign Minister Dekaz muttered to himself, "President Napoleon, are you planning to trap all of Europe in your plan?" ”

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