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"The Ottoman Empire relies heavily on the British for weapons. As the geographical location of the Ottoman Empire is destined to become a place of four wars, the scope of defense is vast. As a country with a huge demand for weapons based on diversified security elements, the Ottoman Empire also It is impossible to cut off the arms trade with Britain.

The Ottoman Empire's import of weapons from Britain was not only based on the fact that it had used British weapons for a long time, but also revealed the Ottoman Empire's grand strategy of not wanting to offend Britain.

Although Britain's attitude towards the Ottoman Empire is to exert strong pressure, Britain also needs the Ottoman Empire too much, even more than the Ottoman Empire needs Britain.

In fact, speaking seriously, in the entire Europe, except for the conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, other countries in Europe are actually maintaining good communication with the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire, which is clearly on the edge of Europe, poses less of an urgent threat to European countries than the Tsarist Russian Empire, which is eager to expand. Moreover, even in the hearts of various countries, they more or less agree with the British approach - to prevent Tsarist Russia from moving south to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, and to prevent Tsarist Russia from moving south to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. After the empire became a superpower on land, it also rose on the sea.

Where did the Ottoman Empire gain confidence?

Profit is the primary consideration. The Ottoman Empire's military equipment mainly came from the British Empire, so national security was inseparable from the British Empire. Under this situation, if you completely turn your back on Britain, condemn it and be completely friendly with the Russian Empire, it will be tantamount to destroying the Great Wall - after all, you will no longer be able to obtain Britain's advanced weapons and equipment, and look around the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire on Crete The British in the Mediterranean Fleet and the Suez Canal in Egypt would not easily let go of the threat to the Ottoman Empire, not to mention that the sub-Indian continent in the east had fallen into British hands, and it was said that the British army there was also strong.

Therefore, it would be easy for the Ottoman Empire to take a tough stance on Britain's independence, but it would damage the foundation of the Ottoman Empire's defense. Shaking the foundation of national security, based on the security foundation of the Ottoman Empire, based on its own security considerations, the Ottoman Empire will naturally not seriously anger the United Kingdom, or even turn against it.

The Ottoman Empire, which was demonized by Britain and other countries in Western Europe as a partner of China and had the strategic significance of jointly curbing the Russian Empire's southward expansion into the sea, maintained its traditional relations with Britain and continued to have frequent diplomatic exchanges with Western European countries. This is the Ottoman Empire's current greatest strength. A good strategy, and at the same time properly improving the relationship with the Russian Empire, can give the Ottoman Empire room for maneuver, and not just hang it completely on the big tree of Britain.

British Foreign Secretary Russell, who recently visited the Ottoman Empire, as well as French Foreign Minister Edmond Lui and Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Reichberg have all stated that these countries are willing to continue to interact with the Ottoman Empire and stabilize relations.

Even Napoleon III and William I wrote personal letters to Abdul Aziz I Sultan, expressing their attitude of maintaining friendship with the Ottoman Empire.

Interestingly, even though many countries took turns bombarding, persuading and threatening the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire to sign a contract to end the war, they still fought back to Sultan Abdulaziz I. I have to say, The king of the Ottoman Empire was very commanded by foreign teachers, which caused headaches for Britain and many Western European countries.

It seems that in this Russo-Austrian war, the Ottoman Empire seems to have lost its brightness and become the biggest loser in this war crisis. However, if this diplomacy succeeds, perhaps the Ottoman Empire will indeed get rid of its isolation from the decision-making circles of European powers in the past and become a truly significant country. European power in the world.

At the same time, because the French Empire invaded the Siam Empire, small and medium-sized countries in the world formed an anti-Russian united front similar to the previous Crimean War, and imposed systematic sanctions on the Tsarist Russian Empire. In many countries, Initiated dissatisfaction with France.

To this extent, it is definitely not a good idea for the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Empire to fight each other. This is obviously the best opportunity to escape.

It is this idea that made the Ottoman Empire resist the British pressure at this time, always maintain a stable position in negotiations, insist on negotiating with Tsarist Russia, and never relax. At the same time, it uses international doubts to test the Tsarist Russian Empire and let them compete with the Tsarist Russian Empire. time to increase your advantage in negotiations. "

On July 5, 1868, the world-famous current affairs commentator Hermann Van Peron published his views in the European Times on the latest negotiations between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire and their preparations to sign a contract to end the war.

As the most watched current political expert in the world, Fan Peilong's every comment has been reprinted and published in newspapers from all over the world, which shows that his global social influence has reached the level of a top expert.

Many people even assert that the kings of many countries may not be as influential as him in terms of global influence.

Because the audience for his articles is too large. From the king of the country, individual cabinet members and governments at all levels in various countries, to ordinary people, even students and civil society groups.

Many of these people have found some neutrality in Herman Van Peron's point of view that other experts do not have, which makes them naturally choose to trust Herman Van Peron, at least for now. Van Peron does not talk about the world from the perspective of the Dutch government just because he is Dutch.

This is also the reason why people of all countries trust us.

"Abdul Aziz I and Queen Victoria were unable to reach a consensus, but this did not hinder the two countries and their writing. In order to help the Ottoman Empire, Britain's largest ally in the Middle East, achieve a firmer pro-British policy, the United Kingdom used to give the Ottoman Empire The empire has a large amount of assistance. I believe that after this time, Britain may increase its support for the Ottoman Empire. In that case, the Ottoman Empire will still gain a lot in Britain.

In addition to Britain, it is said that the Ottoman Empire will also send high-level teams to visit Paris and Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, Milan, etc., covering almost all European capitals. Finally, it will also use this whirlwind to cooperate with Alexander II of the Russian Empire. The signing was signed in person, and the location seemed to be The Hague. Obviously the Ottoman Empire wanted the International Court of Justice in The Hague to test the pressure on the Russian Empire and to gather the last European power to make Alexander II feel the pressure of the Ottoman Empire.

At the same time, I might as well guess that the Ottoman Empire is trying to put pressure on the International Court of Justice in The Hague by sending gifts to ask the organization to let the Ottoman Empire enter the organization's review process.

Here, I have to say that the Ottoman Empire made a really good move. Britain could not get a strong commitment to Russia from the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, the Russian Empire also needed to make real conciliatory concessions to the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps, other countries in Western Europe will also find it difficult to achieve their goals.”