Make France Great Again

When Palmerston read the entire report with a pessimistic attitude, a look of anger and helplessness appeared on his face.

The article used the intelligence received as a trigger for the British Kingdom's weak attitude towards the United States of America, and used the national fanaticism that had just been ignited by Palmerston and had not yet completely burned out to "represent" the British citizens (here refers to the payment of This section of the taxation) challenged the British cabinet.

By questioning why the Kingdom of Britain would compromise with the United States of America, it is derived that there is a lobby group in Britain that collects U.S. dollars to satisfy the interests of the United States of America.

(Although Palmerston himself did accept part of the bribe from the United States of America, he dared to touch his conscience to guarantee that he had never harmed the interests of Britain.)

At the end of the article, The Times called on Palmerston to thoroughly investigate the "traitors", "traitors" and "500,000 pounds" within the British Kingdom, and return a harmonious environment to the British people.

Although every word in the article did not involve the British Cabinet and Palmerston, every sentence revealed that it was Palmerston who played the leading role in compromising the United States of America.

This is not a letter written to him, it is clearly an attempt to put him on the fire to roast him as a torture instrument.

Palmerston knew that after the Times published this article, he might never be able to take a step back from the United States of America.

Once Palmerston chooses to give in to the United States of America, it will inevitably set off a wave in the newspaper field.

Palmerston, who is at the center of the wave, is likely to be completely engulfed by the wave of public opinion. By then, Palmerston may face the risk of the end of his political life.

Death is not the most terrifying thing for Palmerston, but the end of his political life is the most difficult thing for him to accept.

In order to prevent his political life from ending, Palmerston decided to do something.

Just when Palmerston was about to call his personal secretary in front of him and give him an order face to face, his personal secretary opened the door and walked in.

"You've come just in time!" Palmerston replied to his private secretary.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, what are your orders?" the private secretary asked quickly.

"You go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately and call the Earl of Clarendon!" Palmerston ordered the private secretary: "Just tell him that I have something important to discuss with him! Ask him to come here immediately!"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I am about to report to you!" the private secretary responded to Palmerston in a confused manner.

"What are you reporting?" Palmerston looked at the private secretary in confusion.

"The Earl of Clarendon is waiting outside the door now!" the private secretary explained immediately, and then added: "He said he also has important things to discuss with you!"

"Maybe he has also seen this report in The Times?" Palmerston muttered subconsciously.

Since the distance between Palmerston and the private secretary was about 5 or 6 meters, and Palmerston had spoken a little softly just now, the private secretary did not hear clearly what Palmerston said. He quickly asked: "Prime Minister, what did you say?"

"Nothing!" Palmerston shook his head, then waved his hand to his private secretary and said, "Go and call the Earl of Clarendon over!"

"Yes!" After hearing Palmerston's order, the private secretary turned and left.

After a while, the British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Clarendon, appeared in front of Palmerston, holding a document in his hand.

"Prime Minister Palmerston!" The Earl of Clarendon bowed slightly to Palmerston to show respect for the position of Prime Minister.

"Minister Villiers (name of the Earl of Clarendon), take a seat!" Palmerston invited the Earl of Clarendon to sit down.

Then he ordered the private secretary sitting near the door: "Please bring me two cups of black tea!"

"Yes!" The private secretary who had just sat down had to stand up from his chair and make tea for Palmerston and Villiers.

"Villiers, what do you want from me?" Palmerston asked the Earl of Clarendon while the private secretary was leaving.

"This is such a Prime Minister!" The Earl of Clarendon handed the document to Prime Minister Palmerston and explained the content of the document to Prime Minister Palmerston: "Just last night, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a letter from Cowley The ambassador’s telegram…the telegram is at the top of the file!”

"Ambassador Cowley?" Palmerston repeated, and then asked: "Did something happen to the French Empire?"

"That's right!" the Earl of Clarendon said to Palmerston with a wry smile: "Ambassador Cowley said in the telegram that just last night, the Emperor of the French Empire held a celebratory ball at the Tuileries Palace, and the ball invited Ambassadors, politicians and the military from various countries.

During the ball, Ambassador Cowley was summoned alone by the Emperor of France.

The French Emperor informed him that negotiations between the French Empire and the United States of America had broken down. "

"What?" Palmes was very surprised and asked quickly: "How did the negotiation break down!"

"Ambassador Cowley did not discuss this in detail in the telegram! However, the French Emperor's attitude towards the United States of America is very tough!" the Earl of Clarendon said to Palmerston.

"So the French Empire wants to ask for our help?" Palmerston asked the Earl of Clarendon.

"The French Empire hopes that we can stand with them and boycott the United States of America!" the Earl of Clarendon replied.

"Boycott the United States of America?" Palmerston repeated, his expression slightly unnatural.

"That's right!" Earl Clarendon nodded doubtfully and replied to Palmerston.

"What a coincidence!" Palmerston said to himself in astonishment.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, what coincidence? Why can't I understand a word!" Earl Clarendon asked Palmerston.

"Look at this!" Palmerston placed the Times in front of Clarendon and said to Clarendon, "Just read the front page!"

Clarendon picked up the newspaper and immersed himself in reading. After a while, he raised his head again and responded to Palmerston: "What a coincidence!"

"I'm right!" Palmerston replied to Clarendon.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it seems to me that there is probably something fishy between The Times and the French Empire, and it's not going well..." Clarendon expressed his opinion to Palmerston.

"It is not ruled out that this possibility is possible!" Palmerston nodded in agreement with Clarendon's guess, and then added: "However, it is also not ruled out that the Times was obtained through some money-minded people within us. This news!"

As the big brother of the British newspaper industry, how could The Times not have some secret channels.

According to Palmerston's understanding of The Times and British politics, there are many public officials within the government who are friendly with the editor-in-chief of The Times. They provide high-quality friendships to The Times, and The Times needs to pay them a handsome sum. of remuneration.

In this "win-win" model, The Times got the news faster than he, the Prime Minister, even did.

After all, the characteristic of bureaucracy is that it is passed from level to level. By the time the news reaches him, no one knows how much time has passed.

[PS: During the Crimean War in history, The Times relied on its professional war reporters and complete information channels to always get news half a step ahead of the government.

This also resulted in the British Kingdom's status, numbers, and mental outlook on the Crimean Peninsula being all revealed by The Times. Nicholas I, who was far away in St. Petersburg, formulated the next stage of the plan through the Times' description. Strategy, so much so that Commander Raglan denounced The Times as "treasonous". 】

"However, now is not the time to discuss where The Times got this news from! Whether it is to appease the British citizens or to win over the French Empire! In short, we must take action!" Palmerston said to The Earl of Clarendon stopped by.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, what do you mean?" Clarendon asked.

"Reject the request of the United States of America! At the same time, urge the United States of America to strictly abide by neutrality!" Palmerston said to the Earl of Clarendon.

"What if the United States of America is unwilling to accept it?" Earl Clarendon asked.

"Believe me! They will accept it!" Palmerston responded to the Earl of Clarendon confidently. He knew those Americans too well.

"Yes!" Clarendon obeyed Palmerston's order.

…

After the Earl of Clarendon returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he immediately summoned James Buchanan, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Britain to the United States of America and the future 15th President of the United States of America, and said regretfully: "It's a pity! We can't promise you this. condition!"

"Your Majesty, I remember you told me a few days ago that as long as we strictly abide by the Neutral Treaty, your country will not seize our ships. It has only been a few days. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com Why do you suddenly continue to change your mind!" James Buchanan asked the Earl of Clarendon loudly.

Even as a pro-British man, he was irritated by Britain's vagaries of foreign policy.

He had just promised Washington that he would solve the problem as soon as possible, and then the British Kingdom stabbed him in the back.

"Mr. Ambassador, I did not explicitly promise you, nor did we sign any agreement. I said it was possible at that time!" Clarendon emphasized, and then defended: "The international situation itself is relatively complex and changeable. Sometimes we have to consider the interests of other countries!"

"Your Excellency, did you mean the French Empire by other countries?" the American Ambassador asked the Earl of Clarendon again.

"Forgive me for not being able to answer this question!" said James Buchanan, Earl of Clarendon, refusing to answer.

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