"The current world situation is very tense, because of conflicts of interests, there is a great possibility of war breaking out. However, as a world-wide power, we have the responsibility to maintain world peace. The war breaking out in the Middle East has affected the whole world. Therefore, the German Empire hopes that all parties to the war can stop the war, conduct peace negotiations, and return to the negotiation table to resolve the problem. This will help maintain world peace!" German Foreign Minister Albrech von Ron made such a conversation on behalf of the German government.

The conversation of Count Albrech von Ron attracted the attention of the whole world. Although the establishment of the Holy Alliance and the Peace Alliance made the world more and more tense. However, the people of all countries generally hope to enjoy peace. After all, the last world war has only ended a few years ago, and many people have just emerged from the grief of the war, so naturally they do not want the war to start again.

Mustafa Lester Pasha of the Ottoman Turkish Empire also said that for the sake of the general public, the Ottoman Turkish Empire hopes to conduct peaceful negotiations. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that the Ottoman Turkish Empire cannot hold on and has no choice but to seek peace.

In addition to demanding and making efforts, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also made military efforts to station Suriman Pasha in northern Palestine, leading hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Turkish Army to abandon its original defense line and began to evacuate to the Asia Minor Peninsula. It was not that they did not want to defeat the enemy, but that their retreat was threatened by the Afghan army. If it was dragged on, once the Afghan army cut off their retreat, what awaited them would be a catastrophe.

Germany and the Ottoman Turkish Empire also sent people to contact Egypt, Neizhi Kingdom and Afghanistan Kingdom, hoping to hold peace talks. However, the Chinese Empire behind the three countries has not yet made any statements, so how dare they make a statement without authorization?

It is precisely for this reason. On the morning of September 29, 1861, German Ambassador to China Klaus urgently met with Wei Yuan, Foreign Minister of the Chinese Empire. During the meeting, Ambassador Klaus formally expressed his hope that the Chinese Empire could work with Germany to mediate the war in the Middle East.

"His Excellency Foreign Minister, the scale of the Middle East War is getting bigger and bigger, and the impact is getting bigger and bigger. If the war is allowed to continue, it will affect the lives of tens of millions of people in the Middle East. For peace, the German Empire hopes to mediate this war. We hope that the Chinese Empire can stand up and join us. With the strength of our two countries, all parties in the Middle East War will not give us face!" Ambassador Klaus said sincerely, as if it was really for

The interests of the people in the Middle East are the same. In fact, if possible, Germany would like to leave the Chinese Empire and mediate the war in the Middle East alone. However, the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and the Kingdom of Neizhi ignored the German proposals at all. They had accepted the help of the Chinese Empire and dared to launch an attack on the Ottoman Turkish Empire. If the Chinese Empire was put aside, wouldn't they be punished by the Chinese Empire? Therefore, these countries are not fools.

The attitudes of Egypt, the Kingdom of Afghanistan and the Kingdom of Neizhi made the Germans unable to contact the Chinese Empire. Originally, he planned to use mediation to provoke the relationship between the Chinese Empire and Egypt, the Kingdom of Afghanistan and the Kingdom of Neizhi. But now it seems that this is impossible. Their plan is impossible to succeed. They can only honestly find ways to protect the interests of the Ottoman Turkish Empire as much as possible.

Wei Yuan smiled slightly. What was the Germans' idea? He was very clear. The Ottoman Turkish Empire had already revealed the obvious intention of turning to the Holy Alliance. Therefore, the Germans were impatient to jump out and want to mediate the war, so that the Ottoman Turkish Empire would suffer less losses. After all, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was not weak. If the war broke out, they could also be regarded as a major combat force of the Holy Alliance. If the Ottoman Turkish Empire was damaged too seriously, it would not be in the interests of Germany and even the entire Holy Alliance.

"Amprover, the war in the Middle East has nothing to do with the Chinese Empire. It does not threaten the interests of the empire. Therefore, we do not intend to intervene in the war. The affairs of the Middle East will be resolved by them on their own!" Wei Yuan said with a smile. In fact, the Chinese Empire hoped that the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and Neizhi Kingdom would further weaken the strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. However, now it seems that these countries have reached their limit. Even with the support of the Chinese Empire, they are still a group of small countries after all. The strength is too weak and the foundation is much worse than that of a big country like the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

"His Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the world's largest power, the Chinese Empire should contribute to world peace, which is in line with the international status of the Chinese Empire." Klaus said. Although Germany does not want the Chinese Empire to join, without the Chinese Empire, the Germans themselves will not be able to play with it! Letting China join the mediation and the subsequent negotiations is the key to solving the problem.

"Amprove, I need to report to Your Majesty and then obey Your Majesty's instructions!" Wei Yuan said.

"Okay, Mr. Foreign Minister, I believe that the great Emperor of the Chinese Empire will definitely not want the war to continue!" Ambassador Klaus said quickly. He knew that this war was actually planned by the Chinese Empire. However, the Chinese Empire took it clean and looked like a good person, and was simply a group of shameless people. Unfortunately, this is the case between countries. For the sake of interests, everyone can do any conspiracy.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Yuan went to the palace and reported to Long Yufei that the Germans hoped that the Chinese Empire would join the mediation of the Middle East War.

Long Yufei immediately summoned the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Minister of the Army, Minister of the Navy, Chief of Staff and Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau to discuss.

"The Ottoman Turkish Empire wants to make peace. What do you think? Should we agree to mediate?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, when the war has reached this point, the national strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been severely weakened. During the war, they lost nearly one million troops. Lost a large tract of territory, and their national strength has also been consumed a lot. Although it is more beneficial to the empire to destroy the Ottoman Turkish Empire in one go. Unfortunately, Egypt alone, the Kingdom of Afghanistan and the Kingdom of Neizhi could not do it at all. Unless the Empire took action personally, the Germans would definitely be involved in the war. The world war would break out because of this!" said General Liu Zhongming, Chief of Staff.

Long Yufei nodded. It seems that he has to let go of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. If a world war breaks out now, on the one hand, the empire is not prepared, and on the other hand, the Germans' national strength is still very strong. Long Yufei hopes that the Germans will devote most of their national strength to the development of the navy and engage in a naval arms race with the empire. In this way, it will be much easier for the empire to defeat Germany.

"Then, let's accept mediation and mediate the war with the Germans. However, in mediation, we must protect the interests of the empire and allies as much as possible!" Long Yufei reminded that this is the most critical point. Don't think about going back at the negotiating table what the Ottoman Turkish Empire lost during the war.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Foreign Minister Wei Yuan nodded.

"In addition, during the negotiations, support for the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and Neizhi Kingdom cannot be stopped. If the negotiations are not going well, they can continue to launch attacks and force the Ottoman Turkish Empire to accept the conditions for the truce."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Liu Zhongming, Chief of Staff, replied. This negotiation was obviously not so easy to reach an agreement, and we must be prepared for a protracted war. In order to end the negotiations as soon as possible, the military offensive cannot be stopped at all. As long as victory can be achieved, the negotiations will only end faster.

The next day, Wei Yuan replied to German Ambassador to China Klaus, that the Chinese Empire was willing to mediate the Middle East war. The two discussed some details of the negotiations. Klaus suggested that the negotiations be held in Berlin, and Germany was willing to create good conditions for this negotiation. However, Wei Yuan insisted on holding the negotiations in Huaxia City, and neither of them could convince each other.

Later, Klaus suggested that the negotiation location be placed in Istanbul. However, Wei Yuan believed that if negotiations were held in Istanbul, it would put a lot of pressure on the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and the Kingdom of Neizhi, which was not conducive to the fairness of the negotiations.

In the end, Wei Yuan proposed to put the negotiation resistance on Cyprus Island. At the last Istanbul peace conference, the Chinese Empire bought the island from the Ottoman Turkish Empire and built it into a naval base. Cyprus Island is not far from all parties in the war and is fully in line with the conditions for negotiation. Although the Germans expressed opposition, the Chinese Empire proposed that if they refused, China would withdraw from mediation. There was no way, and the Germans had to compromise.

On October 1, the Imperial Foreign Minister Wei Yuan delivered a speech urging the warring Ottoman Turkish Empire and other countries to conduct peaceful negotiations and resolve disputes through peaceful negotiations. The Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and the Kingdom of Neizhi both expressed their acceptance of mediation.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire, the German Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Egypt and the Kingdom of Neizhi respectively sent representatives to Cyprus Island to participate in peace negotiations. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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