Chapter 1146 The Emperor's Choice
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"Marson, the Volga River is the largest river in Europe, with a wide river surface. ⊙In addition, the river has thawed now, and the flood season will gradually come. It is not that easy to cross the Volga River!" Long Yufei said with some concern. He hoped that the empire would destroy Russia, but he would never want to see the bodies of the imperial soldiers laid densely on the surface of the Volga River.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry! I believe that General Sun will finish this battle well!" Marshal Niu Meng was very confident in General Sun Hao.
Long Yufei nodded and stopped talking about this problem. Originally, he was just a layman, and other professionals must have more ways to solve this problem than him.
"Your Majesty, the Foreign Minister asks for your visit." Li Hu, the chief guard, came in and reported.
"Oh? Please!" Long Yufei said. Now, the Asian-European military alliance has an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but the contradictions between member states within the alliance have also been highlighted. In order to ensure the continued maintenance of the alliance, at least after the end of this war, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also very busy. Foreign Minister Wei Yuan has been constantly communicating and contacting the envoys of various countries to China and signing one agreement after another.
"My minister Wei Yuan bowed to Your Majesty!" Foreign Minister Wei Yuan respectfully saluted Long Yu.
"Mr. Wei, please give me a gift. Is there anything wrong?" Long Yufei asked straight to the point.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Minister to Switzerland sent back a telegram. The Russians are in contact with us. They want to end the war!" Wei Yuan said.
"Russians? Are they going to ask for peace from us? So, what is the price they are going to pay?" Long Yufei asked.
"Your Majesty, the Russians are willing to cede the territory east of the Ural Mountains and the Ural River to us in exchange for the end of the war." Wei Yuan said.
"Impossible! This is absolutely not possible. The Western Siberian Plain and the Kazakh Grassland were originally controlled by the empire. Now the Russians want to use this written area as bargaining chips. How is that possible? What's more, the imperial army is not blocked east of the Ural Mountains and the Ural River. Our army has entered the Eastern European Plain. The Russians paid such a small price and were simply perfunctory!" Long Yufei immediately shook his head. Not to mention that he had never considered the
Even if Russia really wants to negotiate peace, the Russians will not impress him. If they want to negotiate peace, they have to pay the conditions that satisfy the Chinese Empire. Of course, the Chinese Empire has always had a relatively large appetite, and the Russians will definitely not accept the conditions of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, the two sides have no conditions for peace talks at all. It is better to use fists to decide this war. After the empire's army completely destroyed Russia, the war naturally stopped.
"Yes! Lord Wei. The Russians are too insincere. They want to negotiate with us in this way, and they treat us as beggars. They tell the boy Alexander II that if they want to end the war, they have to ced at least half of the Eastern European plains. In addition, they will compensate the empire for more than one billion Chinese yuan in war reparations. Only in this way can we consider engaging in peace with the Russians!" Marshal Niu Meng also said.
"Master Marshal. The Russians will definitely not accept such conditions. Therefore, I think there is no need to proceed in this peace talk. I am just reporting to His Majesty the Emperor on a routine basis!" Wei Yuan said with a wry smile.
Marshal Niu Meng nodded and said nothing. Although he had been in charge for a long time, he also knew that Long Yufei's mind. Russia would not continue to exist. At least a powerful Russia could not continue to exist. The Chinese Empire would not tolerate a powerful Russia that threatened its own. Although most of its territory had been lost. However, even if the Ural Mountains and the territory east of the Ural River were lost, this would not have much impact on Russia, and Ukraine had not even lost the great losses to Russia. After all, Russia's foundation is in the European part and the Asian part is just a barren land for them.
"I give orders to the ambassador to Switzerland, and you can't really negotiate with the Russians. However, we can't really negotiate with Russia. Our appetite is much greater than the Russians imagine. The Russians can't give us so many things at all, and we can only marry ourselves!" Long Yufei said. In his memory, the wealth of the Russian royal family is very amazing, and there are probably thousands of tons of gold alone. According to the estimates of the imperial intelligence department, the gold stored in the secret vault near St. Petersburg and Moscow is more than three thousand tons. The gold alone is worth more than 1.6 billion Chinese Yuan. In addition, there are various treasures and antiques collected by the Russian royal family over hundreds of years, and the value is unlimited. The Military Intelligence Bureau has only given an estimate. The total value of this wealth is definitely more than 2.5 billion Chinese Yuan.
Although the empire plundered a large amount of wealth in India. Those wealth has made the empire not only not lose money in this war, but also made a lot of money. However, Long Yufei also did not want to let go of Russia's wealth. If the Chinese Empire obtains this wealth, then the empire's national strength will be stronger. On the other hand, if the empire's enemies obtain this wealth, it will establish a great enemy for the empire. This is considered a capital enemy. Long Yufei does not want such a thing to happen.
"Yes, Your Majesty! Then let's offer a condition that the Russians cannot accept!" Wei Yuan said.
Long Yufei nodded. Although the Eastern European Plain was too far away from the Empire. Even if the railway was built and the restoration line was built, it would still be very difficult for the Empire to control the Eastern European Plain. However, the Empire needed to establish a buffer zone between the Kingdom of Prussia, which is the future German Empire. In this way, the Eastern European Plain was undoubtedly a very suitable place. In addition, the soil there was fertile and almost all black soil. If the Empire obtained the Eastern European Plain, it could easily feed hundreds of millions of people.
Of course, if he agreed to negotiate with Russia, he might be able to blackmail a fortune from the Russians. However, this is not what Long Yufei wanted to see. What he hoped was to destroy Russia and completely relieve the trouble. Instead of a temporary truce, after decades, the Russians regained their strength and the two sides fought another battle.
Long Yufei hopes to solve all problems in his lifetime and leave a peaceful world for future generations.
After receiving the instructions from the country, Liang Botao, the Imperial Minister to Switzerland, once again met with the Russian Minister to Switzerland Apraksin. The place where we met this time was the Imperial Embassy in Switzerland. The Imperial Embassy arrived quietly at night. He did not ride in the carriage of the Russian Embassy, but took an ordinary carriage, and the light carriage simply went to the back door of the Imperial Embassy in Switzerland.
This meeting between the two parties is equally confidential.
The meeting was held in a secret room in the embassy. Whether it was the Chinese Empire or Russia, they did not want the outside world to learn about the meeting between the two countries. After all, whether it was the North Atlantic military alliance or the Asia-European military alliance, they promised that they could not make peace with the enemy alone when the countries signed the alliance treaty.
Of course, no matter which member state it is, it must be in contact with the enemy in private. However, this cannot be put on the surface, because the differences between the two sides are too large and it is impossible to reach an agreement in the end.
After a few days of missing, the Aprakhin Minister seemed a little tired. In the past few days, the Chinese army was busy annihilation of the troops surrounded by the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, and had not yet marched towards the Volga defense line. However, Russia knew that once the Chinese army was eliminated by the surrounded Russian troops, they would soon launch an attack on the Volga defense line. Even though Russia had deployed heavy troops on the Volga defense line, Tsar Alexander II lacked enough confidence in whether he could defend the Volga defense line.
"Your Excellency, I don't know what your country's reply is?" As soon as he met, Minister Aprakhin asked. If he wanted to be more reserved before, he was also very anxious with the urging of the country.
"Mr., the country has already given instructions. However, our request is very different from Russia's willingness to pay the price. Therefore, I am actually not confident about this peace talk!" Minister Liang Botao said solemnly.
Hearing the words of Minister Liang Botao, Minister Aprakhin's heart suddenly sank. It seems that the worst situation he expected would inevitably occur. This would undoubtedly be a disaster for Russia.
"Your Excellency, what are the conditions for your country? Perhaps, after I convey it back to the country, it will be decided by His Dungeon Ding of the Tsar!" asked Minister Aprakhin. This was his task, at least he needed to figure out the conditions for China.
"Okay, Your Excellency Minister. Our country believes that we have an advantage in this war. The final victory must belong to us. Even if we want to destroy Russia, it seems that it is not impossible." Minister Liang Botao said.
Minister Aprakhin's face looked very ugly, but he had to admit that what Minister Liang Botao said was indeed the truth. If it had not been expected that the war would continue and Russia would have perished, Russia would not have been so eager to end the war through peace talks.
"If Russia wants to end the war, then Russia must ced the territory east of the Volga River to the empire. And compensate the emperor with 2 billion Chinese yuan!" (A good activity of falling pies from the sky, a cool mobile phone is waiting for you to get it! Follow~ Click/Official Account (Add Friends on WeChat - Add Official Account - Enter DD) and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize. Now follow the DD WeChat official account now!) (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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