Money can make ghosts grind, this truth is true in any era and in any place.In a passive state, the Chinese emperor increased diplomatic bribery to Europe, especially the German-Austrian series of strong and sub-powerful countries, and made extensive friends with the upper aristocracy and the establishment.Hua Huang was forced to have no choice, otherwise, he would not have adopted this method, diplomacy is not bought by buying, this is a truth that everyone knows, but bribing the upper echelons can change some things in a short period of time, and there is no doubt.After a few days, some results were finally achieved.The Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Greece, the Kingdom of Romania, the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Kingdom of Italy, where the Emperor is now located, the public opinion of the upper class of society generally fell to China.Therefore, after establishing diplomatic relations with these countries at the ambassadorial level, the Chinese emperor has also made a good start in terms of economy and culture, and small-scale contacts must be in the range of popularity.Among the many mouths, the most powerful is Count Andráshy, the Emperor left a very good impression on Count Andrássy, whether it is out of personal appreciation, or because of the political status of China in the East, Count Andráchy felt that it was a good time to say a few words for China, to the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary, without any loss.In fact, the Chinese emperor could secretly sell weapons to Africa and the Americas through trade, but because of China's foreign trade, the initiative is not in his own hands, and most of them come to China through British and French merchants to set up trading houses, all in a cooperative way, and it is difficult to secretly carry out military trade without being detected by the British.If Britain catches evidence of China's involvement in regional disputes through arms sales, it will be easy for China to fall into a passive situation in international public opinion, and the Emperor attaches great importance to international public opinion, and now China has been doing very well in this area, especially after the Emperor put forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.Therefore, the Chinese emperor can only find one or two in the German and Austrian system, and the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Spain, which have the ability to develop globally, can barely be regarded as such a big country, but the advantage of the Kingdom of Italy is in industrial manufacturing, because the time of unification has just ended, and it has not been a few years, the foundation is insufficient, and there are no colonies outside, so even if there are powerful warships, it does not mean that enhancing global influence can enhance global influence.The situation of the Kingdom of Spain is even more special, the Kingdom of Spain used to be a global hegemon, and even able to dominate the economy of the whole of Europe, but from 200 years ago, after the destruction of the Armada, the Kingdom of Spain is basically similar to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, daydreaming all day long, with unique geographical advantages, but unable to transform, and even in the Western European powers, it has become the tail of a crane, and now it cannot be regarded as a country that has completed the industrial revolution, it is still just a large agricultural country, which is funny, at the end of the 19th century, Agrarian countries want to dance on the international stage, they can only dance the zombie dance.However, the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Spain are the last straw for the Chinese Emperor, no matter what kind of dance he dances, the Chinese Kingdom is now not even qualified to dance on the international stage, so if the Chinese Emperor can join these two countries that have just emerged and the countries that have declined, he will be satisfied.Although Ito Hirofumi was in Berlin, he was paying close attention to Emperor Hua's every move, and sent special agents to track Emperor Hua's whereabouts.What is the level of the statistical bureau of Huaguo, and now it is the world's number one secret service organization and intelligence agency, which is not only related to the importance of the Chinese emperor, but also related to the strength of the Huacui Party.But from the point of view of political parties, the Hua Cui Party in China must be the most powerful political party, not only the largest number of people, but the Hua Cui Party is even more than the sum of all the political parties on the whole planet at this time, and the most important thing is that the Hua Cui Party is a single political party, extremely united, especially in the stage of growth, and has vitality.After more than ten days, at the beginning of May 1879, the Chinese emperor's patience in Rome finally received a big reward, and the prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Francisco Crispi, agreed to receive the Chinese emperor.In terms of power and prestige, Francisco Crispie, even above Count Andrássy, and even above the monarchs of many small countries, this can be regarded as the biggest political figure that the Emperor Hua has made since his trip to Europe.Francisco Crispi was a statesman of the Kingdom of Italy, a follower of Mazzini in his early years, expelled from Sardini and Naples for his revolutionary activities, and later returned to the government, twice becoming prime minister, the most radical colonialist.Bismarck sarcastically mocked him for having too much appetite and unfortunately having a mouth full of cavities.Born in Sicily, Francisco Christi studied law in his early years, went to Naples because he was disappointed with the local situation, was a ardent republican believer in his youth, advocated the republic, and actively participated in the Sicilian revolutionary movement of 1848, which liberated Sicily, but when Ferdinando II of Bourbon of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies reoccupied Sicily, he went into exile in Turin as a journalist, was exiled on suspicion of participating in the Milan uprising of 1853, and then went to London to meet the republican leader Mazzini.After returning from the War of Independence in 1859, under the command of Garibaldi, he participated in the preparation of the "Thousand Expeditionary Force" to liberate Sicily, and served as Minister of the Interior, who accepted the monarchist meaning of Garibaldi's slogan "The triumph of Italy and Emmanuel"; With Garibaldi belonged to the Kingdom of Italy.But resigned due to a conflict with Prime Minister Count Cavour.He was elected to the Legislature in 1861 and made many enemies.Later, in 1865, he completely abandoned republicanism and made his famous statement in the Italian Congress: "A republic divides us, and a monarchy unites us." ”thus parting ways with Mazzini.In this statement, he placed all other considerations entirely under his zeal for unity.In his first 20 years in Congress, Francisco Christi was a prominent fighter for liberal measures, but his extreme individualism made it impossible to organize or lead a strong left-wing party.Elected president of the parliament in 1876 and, after visiting Germany in 1877, advocating the Triple Alliance, he occupied the most prominent position in Italian political life, serving as president of the Council of Ministers.Christi's domineering nature, coupled with the opportunity to express it without great opposition at a critical juncture in his country's history, gave his democracy a strong Jacobin tinge.In theory, he recognized the parliamentary state and the right of the people to self-government, but in fact he put the personality of the individual above the constitutional rights, and distorted all the realization of the rule of the people as everything for the people.His two administrations represented a stage of political development in Italy in which democracy began to give way to dictatorship and autocracy, a trend that manifested itself in Crispi's further centralization of power, at the expense of legislative power to strengthen the executive, and in his brutal repression of the germ of Italian socialism among the so-called Sicilian people.Like Mazzini, he had a deep hatred for the socialist movement, which he considered synonymous with barbarism, brutality and egoism, and was eager to extinguish him.Because he suspected that the Italian socialist movement was fostered by France, he had no good opinion of the country for many reasons.He alternated his ecclesiastical policy, on the one hand, because of his sympathy for Freemasonry and his hatred of French power in the Vatican, and on the other hand, he tried to reconcile church and state.Crispie's idea of centralization and his ideal of building a great power were deepened by his friendship with Bismarck, which led him to unite with expansionism and imperialism.The influence of these groups at the end of the nineteenth century was felt throughout Europe.He dreamed of Italy's greatness, sometimes to the point of hubris, and he advocated the creation of a colonial empire on a scale far greater than the imagination and ingenuity of contemporary people.It is this kind of arrogant fantasy that makes the money spent by the emperor work, spending money politically, can only buy off a country's quasi-first-line political forces, the real big dealers, can not be bought by money, to the level of the prime minister and the king, the country is their own country, no matter how much money you pay, they must first judge from the perspective of the country.However, when the number of quasi-first-line rulers was bought off sufficiently large enough that it was constantly proposed to Umberto I and Francisco Crispi that China was a force to be reckoned with in the East and should not be neglected, it became a matter of course to receive the emperor.Relations between China and France were not good, which was one of the reasons why Umberto I was willing to deal with China, Umberto I was the son of Victor Emmanuel II, born in Turin, received a comprehensive military education, participated in the war against Austria for the first time in 1866, showed composure in the defeat of the Battle of Custozza, and succeeded to the throne on January 9, 1879, because the French sent troops to rob Tunisia, which greatly displeased Italy.The enemy of the enemy is the friend, for the kingdom of China and the kingdom of Italy, it is a bit of such a meaning.The meeting place between Hua Huang and Francisco Crispi was also very official, placed in the parliament building of the Kingdom of Italy, this was a very formal meeting, Hua Huang originally wanted Wu Tingfang to participate on his behalf, but fortunately he came in person."
I'm sorry, I had too much official business some time ago, and I neglected Your Majesty, so I only got time to meet today."
Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, is not as unbearable as German Prime Minister Mr.
Bismarck described to the outside world, but he is still a person.Hua Huang smiled slightly, knowing that this was just a false politeness, but he didn't seem to take it to heart at all, and said with a smile: "The prime minister is busy with official business, I can understand it, and besides, we came here temporarily." ”Francisco Crispi looked at Hua Huang curiously, a nine-year-old man, talking freely and behaving elegantly, where he looked like a child, if it weren't for Hua Huang's fat face that couldn't hide it, it almost made Francisco Crispi think that Hua Huang was just a tall adult.But Hua Huang's fat face full of collagen is clearly just a child."
I heard from the people in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Your Majesty wants to establish a deep diplomatic relationship with the Kingdom of Italy, right?"
asked Francisco Crispi, who had expressed the intention of increasing trade cooperation and partnering in colonial trade in the process of contacting the diplomats of the Kingdom of Italy under the instruction of the Chinese Emperor.President Meng likes the character of Francisco Crispie, and the emperor doesn't like people who beat around the bush, obviously, this old man belongs to the impatient type of person, and Bismarck, and Li Hongzhang's personality, just the opposite."
Yes, Mr.
Prime Minister."
Hua Huang smiled indifferently, always neither humble nor arrogant, and his demeanor was decent.Francisco Chrispi nodded expressionlessly, and after that, he did not continue the topic, which made Hua Huang feel puzzled, since you came to me, okay or not, or what are the conditions, why don't you continue t1706231537: