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Chapter 1313 Carve up Great Britain (first update, please subscribe)
While the old friend was brainstorming, the war in southern Africa had an unprecedented impact on the reputation of the United Kingdom. Almost overnight, the whole world saw the British Empire's external strength.

Being the boss comes at a price.

It is also very hateful. When Britain was deeply mired in the quagmire of the Boer War, for the countries that had always been eyeing it, they saw the weakness of Britain and also saw opportunities.

Saw an opportunity to challenge Britain.

Of course, what they want is not just a challenge, but a division.

For Russia, which has been eyeing it all the time, they finally mustered up their courage.The British Empire's strong external power stimulated their ambitions and made them stand up on their own initiative.

Invitations were sent to the French Empire, the Ming Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.The foreign ministers of the three countries were invited to meet in Yalta.

Discuss some international topics related to the interests of the four countries.Of course, this meeting is secret.

There are even only a few people who know that this meeting is a feast, a feast to be divided.

Since it is a partition, the countries involved must reach an agreement before the partition.

Thus, in October 90, Gustav Sigmund von, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Emile Varnet, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Empire, and Nikolai Karlovich, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Roman Empire Gilles, together with Zhuge Jun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire, came to the ancient city of Yalta in Crimea.

The foreign ministers of the French Empire and the Austrian Empire all took the "Eurasian Express"—that is, the French imitation of the "American Star" to arrive in Constantinople first, and then they arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire by airship. Shangshu and Zhuge Jun went to Yalta together on the royal cruise ship.

This meeting was full of conspiracy from the very beginning, in fact... this is also the most common thing in international secret meetings.

Conspiracies are always accompanied by games. The foreign ministers of the four empires gathered together, to put it bluntly, to "kill eagles and eat meat", or to put it another way, to divide the spheres of influence in the future world.Because of this, this negotiation is destined to be accompanied by some gunpowder.

"During the last war, you, every country, got rich rewards - France got Libya and the Middle East, and Russia got almost all of Turkey, and what did Austria get? Almost nothing!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Gustav Sigmund von, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, said in a rather dissatisfied tone.

"If we need to divide the sphere of influence this time, we must get compensation." "If you didn't hesitate last time, you can get more! Even from the beginning, you were half-hearted and didn't care about it at all." Would love to be a part of it!"

Nikolai Karlovich Giles, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Roman Empire, said directly.

"Any fruit of victory requires a price! If you want to get enough rewards, you must first put in enough effort. How much did you do in the last war?"

When his words fell, Emil directly agreed, but Zhuge Jun echoed him.

"It's not impossible to make appropriate compensation. After all, the world is so big that it cannot be swallowed by one of us."

In this conference room, when Zhuge Jun uttered these words, no one realized that the people in this room will decide the fate of the whole world.

"First of all, we believe that each of our countries should have their own sphere of influence. For example, on the issue of India, the Ming Empire supports all countries to carve up."

Zhuge Jun was honest, he made it clear as soon as he came up.But his suggestion made Gilles's heart tighten, and he said hastily.

"I think that the division of spheres of influence in the future should be based on the premise of our army's marching range, that is, who should own that area when our army hits it. This is undoubtedly more fair, and the last time During the war, our joint cooperation is also very smooth, and it is also a prerequisite for success!"

You know, Rome is going to eat alone in India, turning India into a part of the Roman Empire, including Persia of course.

"Although this is the case, before that, we still delineated the basic sphere of influence through negotiations, and then we have the smooth progress of the military later."

Emile said from the side.

"We can put forward our respective requirements first, and then we can negotiate."

"Yes, Your Excellency, in Africa, Austria hopes to include Egypt and Sudan as its sphere of influence!"

Gustav's sphere of influence was several million square kilometers when he opened his mouth, but this is not because people are not willing to swallow it, but...everyone wants to get as much land as possible.

After all, they all realized that this might be the last time they would carve up the world, so they had to seize the opportunity even more.

However, his proposal was immediately opposed by the emir. After all, France also has ambitions for Sudan. France not only has ambitions for Sudan, but also for Ethiopia and Somalia. Why?Without him, France also wants to build a railway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.

Moreover, the achievements of the Ming Empire in the African colonies over the years are obvious to all. If the Ming Dynasty is doing it, of course they will do it too.Since Daming can earn huge wealth by opening up tropical plantations, France must be able to do the same.

In fact, Rome also felt that it could do it, as did the Austro-Hungarian Empire.So everyone is full of longing for the land of Africa.However, after France mentioned Ethiopia, it was opposed by Gilles.

"This is impossible, Your Excellency, you should know that Ethiopia is the same as the Roman Empire. We have the same religious beliefs, and even the characters and languages ​​are similar. Scholars from all over the world have long proved that Ethiopia is our lost millennium My good brother, how can we tolerate you occupying there?"

This is the textual research of the adventurer Ashinov - in 88, he also published the article "Ethiopian Alphabet and Ethiopian-Russian Original Dictionary" in Constantinople, in order to prove the relationship between the two countries and the two nations. Of course, these proofs are nothing more than paving the way for Rome's next expansion.As for the good brothers who have been lost for thousands of years... For the Ross people, the so-called good brothers are used to beat them.

Beat is a family!
Negotiations were not smooth from the very beginning, after all, they all had their own demands.They also have their own ambitions.

Not only are there differences on the issues of Sudan and Serbia, but also on the issue of Egypt.After all, for France, it is absolutely impossible for France to give up the Soviet Union Canal, and naturally it is impossible to make too many concessions on the Egyptian issue.

Ever since, the negotiations were in trouble on the first day.

But all of this was in Zhuge Jun's expectation, more precisely, in Emperor Zhu's expectation. After all, there were too many conflicts of interests between them, and if they wanted to reach a consensus, the three of them A country must make appropriate concessions.

Although the negotiations on the first day did not make any progress, after the meeting was adjourned, the foreign ministers of the four countries still sat together to enjoy fine wine and dinner. Being able to get his support on the issue of Ethiopia, everyone knows that Daming no longer has much interest in African colonies.

"If you can support us on Ethiopia, we will support your demands on Lower Burma."

What is the Lower Myanmar Problem?
Of course, the Ming Empire has no interest in the Burmese region occupied by the British in Lower Burma, but... Da Ming hopes that China will occupy that region.

In fact, for many regions, the Ming Empire did not have any ambitions.But for Southeast Asia, it is China's traditional sphere of influence. Therefore, it is almost known that the Ming Empire has always been unwilling to let other countries burn that area, whether it was France's invasion of Vietnam or Britain's invasion of Burma.The empire has intervened.

According to the thinking of the Ming Empire, Southeast Asia, as China's traditional sphere of influence, must belong to China.

After all, this is an era of colonial frenzy, no matter what, Huaxia must get its own prey in this era.

Of course, the desire of the empire has become a bargaining chip for other countries.

After Gilles took out his chips, Zhuge Jun didn't agree.I thought about it for a while, and then said it.

"We are not opposed to the special interests you have in Ethiopia, but we must also see the desire of the French Empire. If their desire cannot be achieved, then it may be difficult for us to reach an agreement that satisfies everyone. It is very likely that this meeting will not make any progress."

Looking at Gilles, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Roman Empire, Zhuge Jun said again.

"Maybe you can make some concessions in northern Ethiopia. For our common good, don't you think?"

All negotiations are like this. The two sides will continue to test and negotiate, and then propose a condition that everyone can accept. In secret diplomacy, those weak and small countries are like cakes that are served on the table. , was divided by the great powers with a table knife.

No country will seek the opinions of those weak and small countries, they are destined to be just victims.

And what about big and powerful countries?

Several tables of them are in front of this dining table, greedily devouring the weak, even occasional disputes will not affect the knives and forks in their hands...

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