Fang Du, the Swiss cabinet minister in charge of foreign affairs, visited the Song Dynasty on the cruiser Purple Mountain.
He stood on the deck and looked at the cruiser riding the wind and waves, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
As the cabinet minister of Switzerland, Fang Du is certainly aware of the current internal and external troubles in Switzerland.
King Sule of Rui held a meeting to discuss the current critical moment of Rui.
The meeting finally reached a consensus that Shu must be resolved as soon as possible in order to have enough strength to deal with Chu's possible attack.
The governor-general made excuses to shirk the situation. They had tried their best and could not deal with the Shu army in a short time.
Rui's army was delayed by Shu, and Chu made some small moves.
Even the Chu State was restricted by the rules set by the empire and could not send troops into Rui State's territory.
The Chu State also had many methods to harass the Rui State and force the Rui State to declare war.
Unless Rui gives up all his dignity, King Sule of Rui admits that he is a waste.
If Switzerland really does this, it will lose its future.
Of course Switzerland will not do this and must find a way to save itself.
The only way Rui can think of to save itself now is to form an alliance with a certain country to carve up Shu together and deal with the crisis in Chu.
Looking at many countries in Europe, the Song State, which borders the Shu State and has hatred against the Chu State, is almost the only choice for the Rui State.
Fang Du thought that before he left, King Su Lei of Rui had entrusted the future of Rui to his hands.
Rui State could give up many interests in order to form an alliance with Song State.
This time he went to the Song Dynasty, and King Su Lei of Rui gave him great authority.
As a minister in charge of foreign affairs, Fang Du was so trusted by King Sulei of Rui that he thought that a scholar would die for his confidant.
He must find a way to persuade Song King Zhan Tie to sign an alliance between the two countries.
Song State was not far from Rui State, and Fang Du arrived at the port of Song State at noon.
He took the railway to Xinghai, which was only in the afternoon.
Fang Du immediately went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and submitted documents stating that he wanted to meet Song Wang Zhantie.
He thought he would soon be summoned by Song King Zhan Tie.
He waited for a day in Xinghai, but King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty did not summon him.
He continued to wait for three days, but the King of Song still did not summon him.
Fang Du had some doubts in his heart. Song State's approach was too arrogant.
Even if the two countries cannot reach an alliance.
There is no conflict of interest between Rui State and Song State.
As the representative of King Rui, King Song should not leave him alone like this.
What Song did was extremely disrespectful to Rui.
Fang Du thought of the difficulties Rui was encountering now. He suppressed his anger and went to Song's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to question Song officials.
But he received an extremely perfunctory answer.
King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty was on vacation and had no time to meet him.
This reply was extremely perfunctory, as King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty was now on leave, let alone on vacation.
If he can sleep well, he has good psychological quality.
The conflicts between Chu and Song in the colonies were deep.
Chu's strength continued to expand, and even though Song was alone overseas, it still could not stop Chu's military front.
Even for the sake of Song State's own development, Song State should not make this choice.
When Fang Du returned to the hotel, he sat alone on a chair and smoked out the pack of cigarettes in his hand. He did not understand why Song Guo did this?
It is true that King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty did not go to the countryside for vacation. He handled government affairs in the palace.
He heard the report from the yellow-haired eunuch and looked at the busy Prime Minister Jin Kuohai and the Grand Governor Lu Tingfang.
"Jin Aiqing, Lu Aiqing, please stop your work for a moment.
The representatives from Switzerland can no longer bear it anymore, let’s discuss the current situation again.”
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai and Governor Lu Tingfang immediately came to Song Wang Zhantie's side.
King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty knocked on the table and said: "The patience of the envoy from Rui is about to run out. We must come up with a charter as soon as possible on how to deal with Rui."
Governor Lu Tingfang was the first to stand up.
He is a governor-general with a background as a staff officer, and he has a clearer view of the current situation in Europe.
"Your Majesty, the situation in Europe is now clear.
In the Central and Eastern Europe region, the alliance headed by Gui State and the alliance headed by Wu State have formed a confrontation situation, and the fight is in full swing.
The Gui army penetrated deeply into the hinterland of the Wu army many times and almost destroyed Wu's important industrial areas.
The Wu and Yue allied forces also united and invaded the Gui State area, destroying the railway between Gui State and the Allied Powers.
Both forces are now a little tired, but they are still persisting.
Of these two forces, the alliance is slightly weaker.
But they formed an alliance, each country transferred part of its power, and the alliance can be regarded as a whole.
Whether it is the mobilization of troops or the transportation of materials, there are no obstacles within the alliance.
The alliance is slightly stronger, but consists of independent participating countries.
Each country has its own ideas, and their alliance purposes are different.
This means that if the countries in the alliance want to form a joint force, they must go through running-in and constant communication.
In Central and Eastern Europe, these two forces are confronting each other, and the situation has always been stable.
However, the situation in Western Europe has undergone major changes.
The Shu Kingdom lost the support of certain forces in the empire, and its war heritage no longer existed.
But with the strength accumulated during this period, and the Shu Kingdom completing its mobilization very early, the size of the army was relatively large.
The Rui Kingdom was unable to take over the Shu Kingdom for a while.
The Chu State saw the decline of the Shu State's strength, and the Rui State experienced a long period of war, and its national strength was not as good as before.
The Chu State was ready to make a move against the Rui State, and had already disregarded the earlier consensus reached between the Chu State and the Rui State and mobilized troops to the Chu-Rui border.
Switzerland must have felt the crisis, so it sent people to our country to ask for help."
After Metropolitan Governor Lu Tingfang finished his analysis, Prime Minister Jin Kuohai followed up and said: "Now our country's choices can already determine the fate of Western European countries.
Whoever we choose to help will have a chance to win.
But our main land is the islands, but Western Europe really has a hegemon.
It will not tolerate a country that threatens it.
No matter whether Chu State or Rui State wins the final victory, they will choose to target our country.
Now that we have this opportunity, why should we be others' younger brothers instead of becoming the overlord ourselves?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Becoming an island country and slowly becoming self-contained will have no future.
Only by establishing a foothold on the European continent can we have a bright future."
As long as the anger in their hearts does not dissipate, the Han people will not choose to settle in a corner.
Since the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the evaluation of the peaceful monarchs by history books and later generations will not be too high.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei and Shu Han were all highly rated by later generations, but Sun Wu, who wanted to be more secure, was not rated highly.
The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was relatively peaceful, became a representative of cowardice and incompetence.
Neither King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty nor the senior officials of the Song Dynasty wanted to settle on the island.
After Song Wang Zhantie thought for a while, he said: "The current situation is indeed a good opportunity.
If we in the Song Dynasty can seize this opportunity, we can be reborn and get rid of the restrictions of the island.
Industrialization is in full swing and the island country has no future.
What should we do now, continue to watch the fire from the other side, or form an alliance with Switzerland."
King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty analyzed the current situation and found that what the Song State could do was to form an alliance with the Rui State, carve up the Shu State, and jointly contend with the Chu State.
This is a plan in which the Song Dynasty does not need to bear too much cost and can still obtain good benefits.
The safest plan is to do nothing now and continue to observe the situation in Europe.
Song State waited until the situation was completely clear before choosing to intervene.
But at that time, all the good things had been divided up by other forces, and all that was left to the Song State were scraps.
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai said confidently: "Your Majesty, this is not the best choice for the Song Dynasty.
Our best choice is to annex Shu first, then destroy Rui, and finally gather the power of the three countries to defeat Shu and become the overlord of Europe."
When King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty heard what Prime Minister Jin Kuohai said, he was excited at first, then shook his head and said: "This is indeed a good method, but we are not strong enough and it is just a fantasy."
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai immediately replied excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is by no means the delusion of our Song country.
I have a definite plan to achieve this goal."
Song Wang Zhan Tie's eyes lit up and he immediately urged: "Please introduce this plan in detail. If it is really feasible, I must give it a try.
The Song Dynasty was isolated from the rest of Europe by the sea.
Even if we lose in the end, as long as the Song Navy does not suffer too much damage, we will remain invincible."
It was precisely because Prime Minister Jin Kuohai understood that the Song Dynasty had a way out that he dared to propose a very radical plan with a low error tolerance.
As long as the Song Dynasty's navy can still maintain its threatening power, it will be invincible.
This is also the reason why the Song Dynasty is extremely confident no matter which country it treats in Europe.
As long as there is no regional hegemon in Europe, there will be no problem with Song's security.
It is for this reason that the Song Dynasty did not want to see a hegemon in Europe, especially Western Europe, unless the overlord was itself.
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai proposed the use of a sand table, and a group of them came near the sand table.
Jin Kuohai told him the plan he had thought of after exhausting his efforts.
“The alliance between our country and Switzerland is indeed a sound plan.
But the ultimate beneficiary of this plan is Switzerland, not our country.
Unless our country has no other options, there is no need to choose this option.
This is also the reason why we don’t want to deal with the Swiss envoys.
If we form an alliance with Switzerland, we will encounter a very serious problem.
After the decline of Switzerland's strength, if we tear up the alliance, we are likely to encounter sanctions from the empire.
After all, everyone knows the identity of King Rui Su Lei.
Emperor Su He would not say anything after defeating the Rui Kingdom in a dignified manner on the battlefield.
No one can predict how the empire will react if there is betrayal from an ally.
If we form an alliance with the Rui State, we will give priority to carving up the Shu State, and then compete with the Rui State against the Chu State.
Now we do not choose to form an alliance with the Rui State and put forward the request for our country to participate in the war, which is to carve up most of the territory of the Shu State.
In response to this situation, how dare Rui refuse to agree?
Rui State held back Shu's army on the front line, and our country enjoyed the benefits of being a fisherman.
After Rui weakened Shu for us, he will continue to weaken Chu for us.
Rui Guo is not a very good tool man."
After Song Wang Zhantie listened to Prime Minister Jin Kuohai's narration, he immediately clapped his hands and agreed: "This is a very good method."
He turned to look at the Grand Governor Lu Tingfang and asked: "Is the Prime Minister's plan feasible?"
The Grand Governor Lu Tingfang replied cautiously: "It depends on the extent of the conflict between Rui State and Chu State, Rui State and Shu State.
The contradiction between them is irreconcilable, and the Prime Minister's plan has a chance of success."
When King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty heard that there was a possibility of success, he was elated and said excitedly: "Okay, that's good.
As long as there is a possibility of success, we will try one or two.
The worst result is that we retreat to the islands, focus on developing our navy, and ignore things on the European continent."
King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty made up his mind and ordered: "Let the Prime Minister communicate with the envoys of Rui State first.
Let Rui make concessions and cooperate with us to win Shu.
The envoy from Switzerland agrees to our request, and I will receive the envoy from Switzerland again."
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai said confidently: "Leave all this to me. I will definitely make the people of Rui make concessions."
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Fang Du sent a telegram to King Sulei of Rui, detailing the situation he encountered.
He finally decided that if Song's attitude did not change after a few more days of trying, he would leave Song.
He was afraid that if he continued to stay, the neutral Song Dynasty would become the enemy of Rui.
When Fang Du was about to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Song Dynasty for consultation again, he was notified by Song officials.
King Zhantie of Song Dynasty asked Song Prime Minister Jin Kuohai to receive him and negotiate the differences between the two countries first.
Fang Du immediately went to the Song cabinet and met with Song Prime Minister Jin Kuohai.
He was also a cabinet minister of Switzerland and met with the Prime Minister of Song. The two had equal status and it was more convenient for them to discuss matters.
Fang Du received a warm reception and drank several cups of hot tea. After the two exchanged pleasantries, they began to discuss specific matters.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the beginning, the two talked very well. Whether it was strengthening economic ties or strengthening mutual trust between the two countries, there was no problem.
In doing so, Fang Du also learned from Wu and Gui.
Before Wu and Gui win over their allies, they first start with economics and intelligence.
Although Rui Guo is a little impatient, he can't be too impatient.
He wanted to test first whether there was any possibility of Song becoming an ally.
Fang Du didn't expect that Song Guo readily agreed to cooperate.
When he was full of confidence and proposed an alliance between the two countries.
Jin Kuohai, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, dismissed it in a serious tone: "The Song Dynasty has always pursued an independent foreign policy and will not form an alliance with any country."
Song Guo refused to form an alliance, which directly choked Rui Guo's next words.
Fang Du was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say next?
Song Prime Minister Jin Kuohai saw that the situation had reached a stalemate, so he could only take the initiative to give a step forward.
"Rui is willing to pay the price, and Song can also declare war on Shu."
When Fang Du heard such a huge turn of events from Song Dynasty Prime Minister Jin Kuohai, he was stunned for a moment.
He then realized that this was the purpose of the Song Dynasty.
As long as the Song Dynasty is not without desires and desires, there will be a breakthrough for Fang Du.
Rui is now at a disadvantage and must pay a certain price to achieve its goals.
Fang Du and Jin Kuohai continued to confront each other, trying to reach a consensus that both countries could recognize.
After they negotiated for a while.
Fang Du heard Song's final conditions.
He immediately stood up and said angrily: "You, the Song Dynasty, are too arrogant. Not only do you ask our country to bear the military expenses, but you also attract the main force of the Shu Kingdom to you.
The land conquered by our Rui State will also be handed over to your Song State.
We are just working for you, Song State."
When Jin Kuohai saw that Fang Du was only angry but did not leave the table, he knew that the matter was half done.