Valewski, who left Paris on December 20 to take over Valette's position as France's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, has served as ambassador for more than three months.
During these three months, Walewski witnessed the entire process of the undersea telegraph line from Marseille to Constantinople.
When the maritime telegraph line arrived in Constantinople, the embassy, which had been well prepared, quickly equipped with professional transmission equipment to communicate with the headquarters in Paris.
It originally took two days to send the message to the embassy in Paris, but now it only takes less than twenty minutes, which greatly alleviates the information lag problem caused by inconvenient transportation.
If the cost of the submarine telegraph line was not too expensive, and the technology of the telegraph line material itself was not mature enough, Walewski would have wanted to install a telegraph in every big city in the Ottoman Empire. In this way, they were reporting on their work
You don’t have to worry too much when doing tasks.
Even a single telegraph installed in Constantinople was able to inform Jerome Bonaparte of the Russian Empire's actions faster than Tsar Nicholas I.
The speed of four-legged carriages and steamships is simply not comparable to that of telegraphs.
As for the Varna area, since the ships carrying the submarine telegraph line could not enter the strait mouth, the telegraph line in the Varna area could only be erected after the war.
Of course, Valewski's main task was not to monitor the progress of the telegram from Constantinople, but to follow Jérôme Bonaparte's order to recruit a group of people who were inclined to the French Empire within the Ottoman Empire.
bureaucracy.
With Valewski's win over, the high-profile pro-Legal bureaucrats headed by Fouad Effendi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, began to move closer to Valewski.
This foreign minister who favored the French Empire was the guy who agreed in December 1852 that France had the power to rule in the Ottoman Empire.
At that time, not only Fuad Edifin, but also Prime Minister Mohammed Ali was leaning toward the French Empire.
Caliber represents justice. Under the threat of a second-class battleship with ninety-two guns and four iron-clad steam gunboats, the threat of the Russian Empire's Black Sea Fleet is simply not something to be afraid of.
If the French Empire had not shown its own muscles and strength, the Ottoman Empire would not have been inclined to it.
The relationship between countries is the most realistic relationship in the world. Loyalty and friendship only exist among individuals and can never exist within a country.
When the Ambassador of the Russian Empire Menshikov boarded the Russian Empire's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and conducted a review of the Black Sea Fleet, these high-ranking officials in the Ottoman Empire immediately noticed that something was wrong. Fuad Effendi
After hearing the news, the leading pro-French bureaucrats immediately went to the French Embassy to discuss countermeasures with Ambassador Walewski.
I saw Fouad Edifan knocking on the door of the French Embassy in a panic. Not long after, the door of the embassy opened a gap, and the military attaché living in the embassy looked at Fouad Edifon outside the door.
Difen asked subconsciously: "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm here to see Ambassador Walewski!" Fouad Efendi responded to the chargé d'affaires in fluent French, and then added: "I am Fouad Efendi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire.
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Since the beginning of the Tanzimat reform in the Ottoman Empire, there has been a craze for learning "foreign languages" in the upper echelons of the Ottoman Empire. Naturally, there are countless types of foreign languages that foreign ministers like Fuad Edifin can control.
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"Minister of Foreign Affairs?" The acting attaché then realized that the guy in front of him who looked like he was selling mutton kebabs was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire. He hurriedly opened the door and invited Fuad Edifin into the room.
Fuad Edifin, who entered the embassy, anxiously asked the chargé d'affaires: "Where is your ambassador? I have an important matter with him that I want to discuss with him!"
The acting military attaché extended his hand to invite Fouad Edifin and said: "Don't be anxious, please sit down! I'll go upstairs and call Mr. Ambassador!"
"Trouble!" Fouad Edifin quickly expressed his gratitude to the acting attache, then sat on the sofa and waited for Ambassador Walewski to come downstairs.
At this point, I am afraid that only Walewski and the French Empire behind him can help him. He believes that the French Empire can help him through the difficulties because of his dedication to helping them.
Once Menshikov arrives in Constantinople, what awaits him as foreign minister is probably death.
It was he who persuaded Prime Minister Muhammad Ali to hand over the Holy Land ruling to the French Empire.
At this time, Valewski was also busy on the second floor. He stood in front of the transmitter and dictated to the transmitter beside him: "It is reported that the Russian Empire has dispatched 140,000 troops and the Black Sea Navy. Menshi
Kokov and Prince Paskevich held land and sea military exercises on the Black Sea and the Principality of Wallachia on the 7th. Judging from the current situation, a war is inevitable. Is there any new instruction from Paris?"
The telegraph operator skillfully converted what Walewski dictated into Morse code and sent it, and the whole room was filled with the sound of "ticking".
Soon after the transmitter sent all the text back in Morse code, he sent the completed message to Valeves.
"How long will it take to wait?" Walewski asked the reporter impatiently.
The telegraph operator hesitated for a moment and then replied: "It depends on whether the submarine telegraph line is damaged and whether Paris can receive the message accurately! If so, it will only take half a day at most to receive a reply!
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"That's good! That's good!" Walewski smiled and nodded to the dispatcher, encouraging: "Good job! Good job!"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Walewski immediately asked: "Who?"
"Your Excellency Ambassador, Foreign Minister Fouad Edifin wants to meet with you! Judging from his appearance, he should have something to report to you!" The acting attaché said to Walewski who was outside the door.
"I know!" Walewski shouted outside the room, then turned to the operator and warned: "Just keep an eye on it here and report to me immediately if there is any situation!"
"Yes!" the dispatcher immediately responded to Walewski.
Walewski tidied up his messy clothes, opened the door to the press room and walked downstairs slowly.
On the first floor, I saw Fouad Edifin who was restless.
Fuad Edifin, who finally saw Valewski, had a smile on his face. He quickly got up and came to Walewski and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Walewski, finally met."
it's your turn!"
"Mr. Fouad, we are friends! You don't have to be so polite!" Walewski said to Fouad Edifin pretending to be easy-going.
The two sat on the sofa together, and two glasses filled with whiskey were also brought up.
Walewski took the wine glasses off the tray and handed the northwest one to Fouad Edifin.
At this time, Fouad Edifin was not in the mood to drink. He just wanted to draw France into a confrontation with the Russian Empire.
"Have a drink!" Walewski raised his glass and said to Fouad Edifin slowly.
Fuad Edifin took Valewski's half-filled glass of whiskey and drank it in one gulp. The rich aroma of fruit and wine reverberated between Fuad Edifin's lips and teeth, and the restless heart
The restless heart finally calmed down a lot.
Walewski saw an imperceptible smile on Fuad Edifen's lips as he drank. He took a sip of the wine and felt the silky smoothness reverberating on his tongue.
"Your Excellency Ambassador, Prince Menshikov is about to arrive in Constantinople! What should we do?" Fuad Edifin asked Valewski.
"Just follow the normal procedures of your government. Do you still need me to teach you this?" Walewski said to Fouad Edifin.
"But they will definitely remove me!" Fouad Edifin put his head in his hands and said to Valewski in a trembling voice: "Prince Menshikov will not let me go either!"
"Humph! The Russian Empire?" Valevsky showed a disdainful smile.
It was this kind of smile that Fouad Edifin saw. He asked Valewski desperately as if grabbing a life-saving straw: "France will definitely intervene in the war and help the Ottoman Empire."
Right!"
"The French Empire will intervene in the war, but not now!" Walewski gave an unlimited response.
"When will France launch a war?" Fouad Edifin asked Valewski impatiently.
"The fastest we have to wait until the end of June, when the French army begins to take shape, is to take action!" Walewski recalled that when he left Paris, Jerome Bonaparte asked him to delay as much as possible the Russian Empire's launch of war.
time.
"Three months?" Fuad Edifin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid those guys from Gaomen can't wait three months!"
"Tell them! I don't care what method they use, even if they drag me, they will drag it until July!" Walewski pointed his index finger at Fouad Edifin and responded coldly: "I know.
Your Prime Minister wants to obey the Russian Empire, but you should know the price of obedience! If you are not afraid of being subjugated to the French Empire, then give me as much time as possible!"
"Can France really defeat Russia?" Fouad Edifin was a little unsure.
"Yes! The Russian Empire's army is a decadent war machine. They don't have the extra money to carefully maintain this machine." Valewski's tone became even more disdainful: "If some people in the Ottoman Empire are willing to help
If Zhou is plundering, don’t blame the French army for catching rabbits and killing them in one fell swoop!”
"Yes! I understand, and I will tell the news to Mr. Prime Minister!"