Chapter 66 Those who know the times are handsome

Each European delegate took turns to put forward the country he represented and put forward the final demand.

"The Habsburgs wanted to continue Massimiliano I's rule over Mexico, and the Habsburgs would find a suitable nobleman to continue the rule."

"It's the same with Belgium."

The ruling families of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Belgium were direct relatives of Massimiliano I, and they were more concerned about whether the new ruler was a member of their own line.

"The meaning of our big union is very simple, we only want the new Mexican government to pay the debt on time, and we don't care who will pay the debt."

"It's the same in Spain as it is in the United Kingdom."

"The Second French Empire is also more concerned about whether the new government in Mexico can pay back the money on time."

The appeal of the other three old colonial empires is simple, just money.

Now these three empires are now because of too many colonies around the world, often fighting for independence or something, and they really don't have the leisure national strength to compete with a few other big forces for Mexico.

"We in Mexico will not give in to your aggressors!"

President Benito stood up and sternly rejected the aggressors who wanted to carve up their homeland.

It's just that these five representatives of the "aggressor" did not look at the "president" of the Mexican orthodox government at all, and all looked at the current representative of the Second Mexican Empire - Knight Tom Smith.

What about Tom?

"Huh~Huh~Huh~"

Tom was snoring now, and he was so tired from the hard work of the past few days, even more tired than he had worked three hours a day.

John, who was standing behind Tom, gently patted Tom, who was already asleep, and Tom slowly opened his eyes, looking at the five European representatives with sleepy eyes.

"Ah~"

Tom stretched out and began to negotiate with the five delegates in a bit of a daze.

"The Habsburgs must still want a monarch back to Mexico, right?"

"Hmm."

"The other important points are asking for money, and I'm right."

"Hmm."

Several delegates were a little surprised, wondering if Tom had just faked sleep.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I've agreed."

"No! The Mexican people will not ......"

"Why are you sitting here, John, get him out of here, and tell him to come in and sign when the time comes."

"I'm the ...... of the United Mexican States"

"Your Excellency, huh? You're a fart, and if you talk nonsense, I'll make the Indians of Mexico, and even Central America, a thing of the past. ”

"You!"

"What are you, you can't beat and beat, it's good enough to leave you a dog's life, don't get out yet!"

President Benito's eyes turned blue by Tom's unadorned humiliation, and a mouthful of blood surged into his throat, and he was directly stunned by anger.

Where does a weak country come from diplomacy?

The weaker country of the victorious side sometimes becomes the "bargaining goods" of the powerful at the negotiating table.

Not to mention the defeated weak country.

Didn't you see that the representatives of the Kingdom of Belgium have always been "on the side" with the Habsburg "Austro-Hungarian brother"?

After carrying President Benito away, Tom continued to discuss with the five delegates how to "carve up" Mexico, as if there was no such thing at all.

"Let's go ahead with the six of us."

"Let's talk about the monarch first."

"Monarchs of Europe, I have no objection."

"The question is what kind of monarch this monarch is, and how he is going to rule Mexico."

"What kind of monarchy is Mexico?"

"British?"

"Or Prussian?"

"Or is it the best of the two of the French Empire?"

The four monarchies that Tom refers to refer to are the four systems of different levels of monarchy.

The constitutional monarchy of Great Britain is a British constitutional monarchy in which the monarchy is completely unified but not governed, and the parliament governs the whole country.

Prussia's constitutional monarchy was a dual monarchy, with great power in both the monarch and the parliament.

The two monarchies of the French Empire were the two different periods of Napoleon III and Napoleon I.

Napoleon III was the monarchy of parliament with a little power.

And Napoleon I was a complete dictatorship.

Needless to say, the Habsburgs certainly wanted the outright dictatorship of Napoleon I.

But this is not realistic, the Habsburg-ruled Austro-Hungarian Empire now has no favorable access to the sea for expeditions to the Americas.

If it really tore with Tom Smith, the de facto controller of Mexico, Austria-Hungary could only stare dryly.

As long as Mexico continues to pay the Second French Empire and other colonial empires, it will not be possible for these colonial empires to go on expeditions to the Americas like this one.

"Austria-Hungary thought that the Prussian system was the most suitable for the present situation in Mexico."

"It's the same with Belgium."

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Habsburg decided to propose the Prussian monarchy as the founding of Mexico.

Tom was a little unhappy, thinking that these Europeans were really greedy,

Lao Tzu told you that these are just polite and polite, and now that Lao Tzu is the actual controller of Mexico, you can't honestly do the Great Britain set and send a "vase" to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will serve him well.

Still so ignorant of current affairs?

"The Prussian set doesn't work."

"Since it's all from your Habsburgs, let's go directly to Austria-Hungary."

"What do you say?"

Can the Austro-Hungarian set still be carried out in Central America? What does that mean.

"How can we implement the Austro-Crarian system in this part of Central America?"

"Belgium is just as confused."

The representative of the Austro-Hungarian Empire felt strange, the Austro-Hungarian system was the result of a hundred years of marriage and joint rule of Austria and Hungary, and now in Central America there are also such conditions?

"Just turn this place into an Austrian colony, and you send a nobleman to be the governor."

"Let's be more direct, and make it a Napoleon I-like empire."

"Or the Austro-Hungarian Empire can add a territory and change the name to the Austro-Constitutional Empire."

"Mexico is like Hungary, and you send a few more nobles to rule here."

The representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were somewhat incomprehensible, the more this said, the more power the nobles sent by the Austrian Habsburgs.

Who doesn't want power?

The representatives of Austria-Hungary did not quite understand Tom's "warning" of advancing and retreating, and were still thinking about the benefits of Tom's two actions.

The representative of Belgium is different, as a diplomatic representative of a small country, he is not the arrogant "representative" of a powerful country, and he can hear Tom's "implicit warning" words.

The representative of Belgium lightly kicked the representative of Austria-Hungary with his foot, out of sight of others.

This is a representative of the fantasy scene of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's expansion.

The Austro-Hungarian delegates looked back at the Belgian delegates, then at Tom, and finally at the scorched earth outside the room.

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