Make France Great Again

After receiving the report handed over to him by Foreign Secretary Russell, the Earl of Aberdeen at No. 10 Downing Street read all the contents of the report very quickly and extracted the key words in the report by heart.

Afterwards, Aberdeen put down the report and put it on his desk with clasped hands. He leaned forward slightly and asked, "Sir Russell, what do you think of this report by Lord Seymour?"

As Foreign Secretary, Russell immediately expressed his anti-Russian attitude again, and he responded in a moderate manner: "I think the content in the report is simply nonsense. The Russian Empire's ambitions in the Near East are already obvious. His The theory of partition was nothing more than an expedient measure adopted when the Ottoman Empire could not be completely annexed.

Think about it and you will know how the Russian Empire could give up its occupation of Constantinople! "

Russell used his sharp words to attack Lord Seymour's report. In his opinion, Lord Seymour was crazy to write such a recommendation.

Based on his analysis of the character of his own diplomatic ambassador, Lord Seymour determined that he had received bribes from Nicholas I before he could say all the good things for Nicholas I in his report.

Minister Russell is not averse to diplomats accepting bribes, but at the very least he must pay attention to the professional ethics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Too explicit a boastful report can easily lead to suggestions.

Aberdeen's Prime Minister listened to Minister Russell's anti-Russian rhetoric while pondering the direction of the United Kingdom's diplomacy.

It is true that the Prime Minister of Aberdeen is a well-known pro-Russian politician in the coalition government (a government formed under the premise that neither the Whigs nor the Tories hold a majority). During his period as a cabinet minister, he also had many "pro-Russian" politicians. move.

One of the most famous "pro-Russian" incidents was the Holy Land Judgment incident in 1844. At that time, Prime Minister Aberdeen was still serving as Foreign Secretary. He gave support to the Russian Empire in the Holy Land Judgment incident.

From then on, Nicholas I believed that Aberdeen itself supported the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. The partition policy he designated was also based on this premise.

However, Nicholas I did not know that Aberdeen's pro-Russian attitude was only pro-Russian without affecting Britain's own interests. Nicholas I's carve-up policy seemed to be for the sake of Britain, but in fact it was harmful to the Kingdom of Britain. interests, and by the way disturbs the peace in the Near East.

No matter how close Aberdeen itself was to the Russian Empire, it was impossible to agree to Nicholas I's carve-up methods.

After thinking for a while, Prime Minister Aberdeen sighed to himself.

Russell, who was sitting opposite the Prime Minister of Aberdeen, saw this and quickly transformed into a fire master. He calmly said to the Prime Minister of Aberdeen with a smile: "Mr. Prime Minister, now is not the time to sigh! Ambassador Seymour's report, Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn’t dare agree to it anyway! Please tell me, Prime Minister, what’s your idea?”

Seeing that Russell was going to blame himself, the "poor" Prime Minister of the coalition government, the Aberdeen Prime Minister showed an unhappy look on his face.

If Russell and others were not needed to share the same boat, Aberdeen would have kicked the two major troublemakers in the cabinet to the House of Lords.

Aberdeen's displeased expression was clearly visible to Russell, and Minister Russell couldn't help but feel a little gloating in his heart.

Not everyone can secure the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet. At the beginning, I sat in this position with trepidation and walking on thin ice.

It happened to be an unfortunate economic crisis, and at the end of the day, he had a reputation of being "unfavorable in getting things done".

The situation in front of us is obviously not something that a guy like Aberdeen, who is good at making peace with, can solve the problem!

Apart from himself, only Palmerston was left in the entire cabinet.

"Let's discuss this matter at the cabinet meeting!" Aberdeen once again used the routine of cabinet voting.

The disadvantage of a coalition government is that the prime minister cannot fully control the cabinet and must solve problems through consultation.

However, this drawback is now a good reason for Aberdeen to blame.

"Understood!" Minister Russell said with some regrets.

If Aberdeen can make some extraordinary operations at this time, he will be confident that he will overthrow Aberdeen the next day.

Unfortunately, Aberdeen is a mediocre person, but he is not a fool.

Two days later, on February 20, 1853.

The cabinet meeting began again. After all the ministers and ministers of various departments had arrived, Prime Minister Aberdeen announced that the cabinet meeting had officially begun.

Although the newly minted cabinet was not in a hurry to take out Lord Seymour's report, all the ministers present knew that Lord Seymour's report must be the official source of the entire cabinet meeting.

The Prime Minister of Aberdeen first took out the financial report of the Ministry of Finance and read it out, and then asked William Gladstone, the Minister of Finance, to explain the whereabouts of each financial expenditure.

When William Gladstone said that the Home Office's finances had increased somewhat compared with the previous year, the Prime Minister of Aberdeen looked dissatisfied and ordered Palmerston, who was the Home Secretary, to explain the origin of the expenditure.

Everyone instantly realized that a war without gunpowder had begun.

Palmerston was only the Prime Minister's first shot at a section of the opposition.

Upon seeing this, Palmerston still maintained a calm posture to explain the funding issues of the Ministry of Home Affairs to Prime Minister Aladdin.

"A large part of the funds for the Ministry of the Interior is used to maintain the stability of Paris and surrounding counties. This year, the police department alone has doubled compared with the previous year! The extra people will inevitably lead to an increase in finances. !”

"What's the point of adding so many police officers?" Prime Minister Aladdin continued to make things difficult for Palmerston.

"The crime rate this year has dropped compared to the previous year, and the city's security is also better than the previous year!" Palmerston said to Prime Minister Aladdin, and then handed Prime Minister Aladdin a comparison of the number of crimes.

Palmerston was like a prophet.

Looking at the crime rate handed to him by Palmerston, Aberdeen looked like he had eaten a fly.

After the issues with the Ministry of the Interior came to an end, Aladdin asked William Gladstone to continue his report.

After all the financial expenditures of all departments were sorted out, Prime Minister Aladdin nodded with satisfaction.

Next, it’s time for the highlight.

"Ambassador Seymour recently gave me a report. The report contains the content of his conversation with the Emperor of the Russian Empire! Now send it to you, let's discuss it collectively!" Aberdeen motioned to the permanent secretary of the cabinet next to him. Send a copy of the Moroccan report.

Copies were distributed to everyone's desk one by one, and everyone carefully looked at the contents of the report.

Although they all have a general understanding of what is said in the Seymour Report, most people have not read the contents of the Seymour Report.

Three minutes after the copies were distributed, a voice came from the cabinet table: "Absurd! It's really ridiculous!"

All the cabinet ministers looked at him intently. It turned out to be the Minister of Finance, William Gladstone.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Britain cannot agree to this request of the Russian Empire!" William Gladstone said to Prime Minister Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, who originally thought that Palmerston would be the first opponent, was surprised to find that William Gladstone was also a potential "opposition".

"I know there are some unreasonable contents in it, so I asked you all to take a look! Let's discuss countermeasures together!" Prime Minister Aberdeen still said to William Gladstone in a pleasant tone.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please forgive me! All the conditions in the report are unreasonable! Nicholas I kept saying that the Ottoman Empire was completely decadent. Did he forget that the Tanzimat reform was underway?" Palmerston said nervously. Then William Gladstone continued to fire, and his cannon was more ferocious than the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Tanzimat Reform refers to a reform carried out by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-19th century to save the country. It is also a reform that some British people are "optimistic" about.

In their view, the reforms of the Ottoman Empire would allow Britain to control the empire effortlessly.

In this world, except for a few European powers (mainly France, Austria, and Russia, of which Austria and Russia have nothing to worry about at all), no one has resisted the Kingdom of Britain in the field of free trade. The attack was like a tidal wave.

If France itself did not have a strong enough gun to raise tariffs, the fledgling industrial bourgeoisie in France would also be unable to withstand the output of the "only" industrial country in the world.

With its high tariffs and luxury goods industry, France has successfully transformed the trade between Britain and France into a surplus, and the surplus is gradually expanding.

The poor Ottoman Empire was unable to raise tariffs. It was simply a pipe dream to rely on the Ottoman Empire's civilian bourgeoisie to stand alone against the British scourge.

The Tanzimat reforms gave the Ottoman Empire the opportunity to turn feudalism into capital, but whether the bourgeoisie that exceeded it was the comprador bourgeoisie or the national bourgeoisie was a matter of two opinions.

For Palmerston and others in the cabinet, the Tanzimat reforms were the best excuse.

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"That's right!"

There are people within the cabinet who continue to echo Palmerston. They may support Palmerston on various grounds, but their role is the final word.

Soon, more than half of the cabinet members supported Palmerston's decision. Find Shuyuan www. zhaoshuyuan.com Some people even think that the tsar's theory of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire was just to find a suitable excuse for their aggression.

Over the objections of nearly half of the cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Aberdeen ordered Russell to ask Lord Seymour to write a new report.

The cabinet meeting ended with the overall defeat of the "pro-Russian" faction, and the Aberdeen Prime Minister's prestige in the cabinet is gradually decreasing.

On February 23, Lord Seymour, who was living at the embassy in St. Petersburg, received Russell's letter.

Russell sternly demanded that Seymour must "report truthfully" without any personal emotions.

Lord Seymour understood at once that Lord Aberdeen in the Cabinet might have failed.

As a result, a brand new report came from Seymour.

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