Chapter eight hundred and ninety-first bad news ensuing
After receiving the assurance from the British Ambassador, Abdul Rahman finally relaxed and felt a little anxious. He quickly expressed his gratitude to the British Ambassador and gave him a valuable gift.
The British ambassador immediately beamed with joy after accepting the gift, and he once again issued a bad check to Abdul Rahman.
On the other hand, the French and Spanish ambassadors who left Rabat returned to their respective embassies and immediately reported Abdel Rahman's rejection of them to the Paris/Madrid government.
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The letter from Rabat took five days, crossing the Mediterranean Sea and most of France, and finally arrived at the French Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in mid-February.
After receiving the letter, the subordinate agency immediately handed it over to the State Secretary. The State Secretary who received the letter did not hesitate for a moment and turned to head to the minister's office.
At this time, in the minister's office, French Imperial Foreign Minister De Luyins was sitting at his desk, flipping through documents submitted by the French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire. The content of the document was about the Persian envoy Faroh Khan Amin.
Mork's itinerary upon arrival.
That's right, the Persian envoy who stayed in Constantinople for nearly three months finally gave up on the United States of America and turned to the French Empire for assistance in early February of this year.
The reason why the Kingdom of Kagar gave up so quickly (in an era when diplomacy was measured in years, three months was already relatively fast) was that the United States of America chose the French Empire for two reasons: 1. It was because of the powerful military of the Kingdom of Britain.
The power prevented the Qajar dynasty from leisurely conducting diplomatic activities.
During these three months, the British army led by the Duke of Cambridge fought in succession and eliminated nearly half of the field troops and local garrison troops of the Kingdom of Qajar (the field troops were desperate to die and insisted on a decisive battle with the British army. As a result, they were defeated
The British army directly fought violently), and the troops originally stationed in the Herat area were also forced to withdraw from Herat and return home for defense.
However, even if they had withdrawn the remaining field troops from Herat, the Kingdom of Qajar no longer dared to attack Britain.
The British side also learned from the lessons learned in Afghanistan, and did not go too far into the inland areas. Instead, they relied on their unshakable control of the sea to blockade all the ports of the Qajar Dynasty.
Today's Qajar Dynasty has become a veritable landlocked country. If the blockade continues, the entire Qajar Kingdom's economy will be destroyed by the Kingdom of Britain.
Therefore, the Qajar Dynasty itself cannot continue to wait for the "good offices" of the United States of America.
2. It is because the Russian Empire (Alexander II) behind the Qajar Dynasty actively promoted it.
For these two reasons, the Qajar Dynasty gave up on the United States and instead considered seeking help from the French Empire.
In order to find out whether the French Empire was willing to stand up for the Qajar Kingdom, the Persian envoy Farroh Khan Amin Molk first visited Fouad, who was then the Foreign Minister of the Ottoman Empire.
When Fuad heard that the Persian envoy Farroh Khan Amin Molk came to visit with gifts, his face immediately showed an expression of surprise.
Fuad didn't understand why the Persian envoy came to visit him, but since the Persian envoy had already come, Fuad couldn't refuse.
So Fouad warmly received Faroh Khan Amin Mor.
During the exchange with Faroh Khan Amin Molk, Fouad learned that the purpose of the Persian envoy's visit was to contact the French ambassador to the Ottomans through himself.
It seems that in the name of the gift from Post, Fouad took over this threading job.
Farroh Khan Amin Molk was able to meet with the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire at Fouad's residence.
During the first meeting, the two chattered in random directions and refused to get to the point, until Fouad, as the intermediary, explained the purpose of the Persian envoy to the French ambassador to the Ottomans.
Farroh Khan Amin Molk, who had been rambling all this time, got to the point. He hoped to pay a state visit to Paris on behalf of the Qajar dynasty.
(The subtext is: I hope the French Empire can take a stand on the issue between the Kingdom of Qajar and the Kingdom of Britain.
After all, the Kingdom of Qajar and the Kingdom of Britain were at war at this time.
The fact that the special envoy of the Kingdom of Qajar was allowed to visit Paris can also explain the attitude of France.)
The French ambassador to the Ottomans immediately said that he would have to inquire about this matter in Paris before informing the Persian envoy.
Farroh Khan Amin Mork readily agreed, but he hoped that France would move faster on this issue.
On the evening of the day when the talks ended, the French Embassy in the Ottomans sent a telegram to Paris describing in detail his meeting with the Persian envoy and asking France if it would agree to the Persian envoy traveling to France.
After a transit, the telegram arrived in Paris. At this moment, less than two hours had passed since the French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire sent the telegram.
At that time, after reading the telegram, De Luyins immediately ordered his telegraph office to send a telegram to the French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire approving the Persian envoy's visit to France.
The French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire received a telegram from Paris in the early morning of the next day.
On the afternoon of the next day, the French ambassador to the Ottomans went directly to the hotel where the Persian envoy was staying and informed him of the Persian envoy's permission to visit France.
The Persian envoy immediately expressed his gratitude to the French ambassador to the Ottomans and asked the French ambassador to the Ottomans to give him another day to prepare.
The French ambassador to the Ottomans agreed to Faroh Khan Amin Molk's request,
Another day passed, and Farroh Khan Amin Molk arrived at the French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire. He handed over his itinerary to France to the French Ambassador in the Ottoman Empire.
Farroh Khan Amin Molk told the French ambassador that he would act according to the itinerary.
The French ambassador to the Ottomans nodded and said that he would definitely send the news back to France as soon as possible.
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What De Luyins had in hand was the itinerary handed over by the French Embassy in the Ottoman Empire. After reading the itinerary, he made corresponding arrangements for the Persian envoy's itinerary, and finally wrote all the arrangements on paper.
Enter, give it to Jérôme Bonaparte.
All arrangements can only take effect after Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte agrees.
Just when De Luyins was about to finish writing all the deployment arrangements, there was a knock on the door.
De Luyins briefly raised his head and said "Please come in" toward the door, then lowered his head again.
The door slowly opened, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entered the room, and what he held in his hand was a letter from the Kingdom of Morocco.
"Your Excellency, Minister Luyins, I have a letter here from the Kingdom of Morocco. Do you think you can now..." The State Secretary carefully asked De Luyins, who was writing vigorously.
After hearing the report from the State Secretary, De Luyins raised his head briefly, then pointed to the free space on the desk and said calmly, "I know! Just put the letter here for now!"
"Yes!" The State Secretary hurriedly ran to De Luyins's desk and placed the letter in the place designated by De Luyins.
"If nothing happens, you can leave!" De Luyins stopped writing briefly and said calmly.
"Yes!" The State Secretary took the order and left.
After another hour, De Luyins stopped writing, and then carefully read everything he had written, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Immediately afterwards, De Luyins remembered the letter he had just asked the Secretary of State to put next to his desk.
De Luyins took the letter in his hand behind his back, tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper, and read it carefully.
De Luyins' expression gradually changed from the previous joy to seriousness, and he also muttered in a low voice: "How dare they?"
After a while, De Luyins put the letter back into the envelope, then put the letter and the itinerary he had just written into his briefcase, got up and left the office.
De Luyins, who was walking in the corridor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met the Secretary of State again at the stairs. He immediately gave an order to the Secretary of State: "Go and prepare a carriage for me!"
"Yes!" The State Secretary responded to De Luyins without any hesitation, then turned around and trotted downstairs.
Arriving at the first floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, De Luyins waited quietly for a moment before the State Secretary appeared in front of him again.
"Minister Lu Yins, the carriage is ready!" the State Secretary replied to De Lu Yins.
"I know! Thank you for your hard work!" De Luyins encouraged him, rushed out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, and left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a carriage.
The carriage carried Deluins eastward along the Rue du Quai d'Orsay until it reached a bridge spanning the north and south. After crossing the bridge, it continued westward and soon arrived at the Palais Tuilléry on the Champs Elysées.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the Tuileries Palace, and De Luyins opened the door and got out of the carriage.
De Luyins entered the hall of the Tuileries Palace and soon met Basilio.
Under the leadership of Basilio, De Luyins came to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Let me guess what you want to report today?" Jérôme Bonaparte pondered for a moment and then asked De Luyins, "Is it the news about the visit of the Persian envoy?"
A flash of surprise flashed in De Luyins's eyes. He didn't expect Jérôme Bonaparte to guess one of the things so quickly.
"That's right, Your Majesty!" De Luyins nodded and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then added: "But it's not just about the Persian envoy."
"Did Morocco also reply to the letter?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked with a smile. It could be seen from his wise expression that the emperor seemed to have known about this for a long time.
"That's right!"
As De Luyins spoke, he placed the letter from the French ambassador to Morocco and the itinerary and deployment documents of the Persian envoy on Jérôme Bonaparte's desk.
