2716 Chaos in Paris and London
Gladstone was really anxious, and he couldn't even hear the irony in the queen's tone.
"It is useful, of course it is useful! Prussia will definitely have a negotiating heart when facing strong international pressure. They have just taken such a big advantage and have occupied the two provinces of France. Isn't it still safe to lose money?"
"At this moment, what Besmea wanted must be negotiations to protect the fruits of victory. Otherwise, with the strength of France, as long as the Prussians recovered, it would be difficult for the Prussians to save the current situation!"
"It's really about to be in vain? Bisme isn't that stupid!"
The queen didn't have much emotional changes, she just smiled faintly, "Oh... do the Prussians want to negotiate? What if the emperor refused to talk?"
"Why don't you want to talk? The current domestic situation in France is a fire of dry fire, Paris has become a mess, and Napoleon III also hopes to end the war as soon as possible and then lead the army back to suppress the situation!"
"If you continue to fight, Paris will be corrupt!"
"Of course I know that negotiations are very difficult, but no matter how difficult the negotiations are, they are much easier than war... Your Majesty clearly understands that we cannot allow Prussia to continue to be strong without restraint, nor can we watch France decline completely!"
The queen nodded, "Since you want to try, then try it... As for me, it's better not to show up. The Constitution does not give me diplomatic rights!"
"You are the Prime Minister, you can do these things!" After saying that, the queen actually got up and left.
Gladstone was stunned now. The queen just left like this, and she still let herself do it? I came here just to hope the queen will help. Why did you talk about the constitution in the end?
What the Queen said was impeccable. Indeed, the British constitutional monarchy also granted diplomatic rights to the prime minister, and the royal family could not interfere in diplomacy.
But the law is the law, but the secular world is also the secular world. The law stipulates that the queen cannot interfere in national affairs, but it does not mean that the queen does not have that influence.
In fact, there are many things, the Queen's words are more effective than the Prime Minister's half a year of running around. If you don't say anything else, just attack the Queen's relatives in the European royal family. He can easily unite the royal family in Europe to put pressure on Prussia and France.
These are all unspoken rules that don’t come to the forefront! If the law is really omnipotent, there is no need to retain the royal family. Europeans are not stupid. They protected the British royal family. The fundamental reason is that the influence of the royal family is too great, and in some ways it even exceeds the role of the army.
According to usual experience, Gladstone would have sent a message to the outside world with such a hard time, but today the queen had no intention of helping.
Prince Edward sighed in his heart but could not say directly, "Your Majesty is indeed inconvenient to intervene directly. Since you have the intention to mediate, then do it within your authority... If there is any suffering, I will try my best to coordinate for you!"
Although he did not get the approval of the queen, he got the crown prince's promise and gained a lot of gains. When Gladstone returned to the prime minister's residence, he immediately summoned personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began arduous negotiations.
At this time, the Prussian financial products in the financial market had already doubled!
In the summer of 1870, the blood of war and the smell of money were permeated over Europe, which was mixed with the greedy nature of human beings.
London and Amsterdam have become paradise for global speculators, while Paris is shrouded in blood and fire, and the smell of conspiracy and riots are everywhere.
The news of the miserable defeat of the Vosges was ultimately not covered up. When the people of Paris heard the news, the entire city was speechless and silent for twenty minutes.
But then there were the overwhelming cry, and the whole city was flooded with tears!
"Wuwuwu...why! Why! Is it true? Can't even the Vosges Mountains stop the Prussians?"
"It's a serious dereliction of duty! Those generals should be hung!"
"I have said long ago that there must be a conspiracy of traitors in this war. Those nobles have no country in their eyes, they only have their own interests... They must have colluded with the Prussians!"
The whole city was wailing, and countless people knelt on the ground and cried loudly, and then they were aimlessly smashing and looting on the streets, and the people began to vent their dissatisfaction.
The streets were full of chaotic people, who rushed to shops, beat policemen, and vented their emotions unscrupulously. More conspirators began to incite the people to attack the arsenal in Paris. They had lost their patience and wanted to skip the parliament and form their own armed forces directly.
At this time, the parliament turned into a noisy vegetable market as Queen Eugenie judged. Before the news on the current line came, all factions were arguing about who commanded the National Self-Defense Force.
The Republicans believed that he had the most educated officers, so they should lead the army.
However, the workers' left completely disagrees. Blankey and others believed that the main force was the working class, so commanders should be selected from the working class.
And those liberals, composed of scholars, professors and experts, also jumped out to express their opposition. They believed that the army must be controlled by the most knowledgeable people, and they actually wanted military power!
These three sects have basically won the main schools of French politics, and there are countless small and complex forces within these three sects, and these forces are also competing for quotas.
Commander, commander, division commander, brigade commander, regiment commander...even people even robbed the quota of the platoon leader at the bottom of the company. The whole council was in chaos like the vegetable market. Even when they were excited, there was a fierce conflict of smashing water cups with each other.
Human greed is like a wild dog. Gan Bida and Thierl stared blankly at everything in front of him but were powerless to stop it. Both of them knew very well that these people had actually known that they had already fallen into the trap.
These people had long known that Queen Eugenie was going to split them, but when humans became greedy, they could not give in even though they knew it was a plan, because what they were snatching is an official position, money, and power!
What a scene of vicious dogs fighting for food! No one expected that just when they were overthrowing the sky, the flags flying in the Vosges Mountains had already changed their color!
At this moment, a chaotic sound of leather boots suddenly sounded outside the parliament, and a team of troops had surrounded the place.
The Duke of Baliqiao was dressed in military uniform and rushed into the parliamentary gate with his elite guards like a tiger and wolf, scaring the civilian officials inside.
"Not good! Montauban is coming to kill! They want to suppress the parliament!"
"I have seen the cannon! The cannon's muzzle is aimed at it for a while! He is going to massacre us!"
"God! The queen must have regretted it!"
Chapter completed!