Chapter 437 A Messy Ending

Once suspicion arises, the truth is no longer important.

When the British side felt that the price was too high and the situation in Paris might get out of control, the negotiations had already broken down.

Queen Victoria immediately decided to leave Paris, and the accompanying officials also agreed, saying that the Queen's personal safety should be the first priority at this time.

As for the Prime Minister, he should understand their approach. Although the distance between Britain and France is not far, communication is still very inconvenient at this time.

These officials in Paris cannot wait for orders from London before taking action, and it is obviously time to make a decision. On the one hand, Gibraltar cannot be given up, and on the other hand, there are the angry citizens of Paris.

The result is obvious. This negotiation will not succeed.

Whether to give up the plan to join forces with France or to take a long-term view, you should leave Paris first before making plans.

After all, the Queen is still the nominal head of state. Once the French cannot control the situation, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Because the French government indulges the citizens' behavior, the British side feels that the French authorities do not have enough control, and coupled with the shadow of the French Revolution, they have to consider the Queen's safety.

If Victoria really died in Paris, I'm afraid that war would break out between Britain and France, at least it would be impossible to join forces in the short term.

Franz was not interested in assassination. What he wanted was mutual suspicion between Britain and France. Gibraltar was just a trigger.

Once one side began to suspect the other, all his logic and actions would serve to confirm his speculation, and the country was no exception.

Even if they formed an alliance under the drive of a strongman, it would be difficult for them to establish real trust.

As for other assassinations of Victoria and Louis Philippe, Franz would not stop it. Of course, he would not hold any hope, because he felt that the time for war between the two countries was not ripe, and the political systems of the two countries were relatively mature.

Victoria's sudden departure seemed a bit sudden to Louis Philippe. Negotiations were originally one side asking for a sky-high price, and the other side paid it back.

How come he left before the negotiations even started?

After analyzing the situation, his advisers concluded that the British were playing hard to get, and whoever gave in first would lose.

Louis Philippe agreed with this and did not try to persuade him to stay, and even prepared a farewell ceremony, but was rejected by the British.

This historic moment ended hastily amid exclamations, leaving only a string of questions.

London, England.

Robert Peel was annoyed by the failure of the ice-breaking operation. When the French mentioned the Gibraltar issue, he knew that there was no room for negotiation.

Gibraltar was the key bargaining chip for Britain to control the European continent. Once it was lost, it would be equivalent to losing control of the situation, and it would even lose hegemony over the entire Near East.

Robert Peel was also very fortunate because he finally saw the "true face" of France.

Now that Britain has seen the essence of France, it can make more targeted decisions.

After hearing the news, Palmerston, who was far away in Oregon, was so angry that he smashed everything in his house to pieces.

"Damn idiot! Damn Robert Peel, damn Louis Philippe!"

He was very angry, but somewhat helpless.

Britain and France will benefit from unity, but will suffer from division.

Gibraltar is indeed very important, and Britain cannot give it up, but it is not necessarily related to the alliance between Britain and France.

It's just that someone deliberately led the topic here, and Louis Philippe and those French politicians are as ridiculous as their country.

Historically, Palmerston had a very low opinion of the July Monarchy.

Although he did not think that the Gibraltar issue would become an obstacle to the union between the two countries, it was unlikely that Britain and France would want to form an alliance in the short term.

In Palmerston's mind, he was the only one who could promote the Anglo-French alliance, but unfortunately he was not in Europe, but was sent to deal with these ridiculous Americans.

British Foreign Secretary Aberdeen wrote many letters to remind Palmerston to restrain himself, and even quoted the words in the Bible, "If he hits you on the left cheek, you should give him your right cheek."

The former believed that the United States had unlimited potential and Britain should not offend such a country. The latter believed that the United States was a potential threat and that Britain must strangle it in its infancy.

The two had completely different views on the United States, which led to two completely different policies.

With the help of Palmerston, Cora Mombadi quickly established his own kingdom. While accepting British aid, he fought with the Americans for territory and then mortgaged the stolen territory to the former in exchange for greater aid.

On the surface, Cora Mombadi was willing to be the "child emperor" of the British, but in fact he had his own logic. He helped the British fight the Americans at this time just because the former offered a higher price.

As long as the US government was willing to pay a high price and recognize his status, Cora Mombadi would not mind driving the British out of Oregon.

However, he would not really drive out any of the forces. Because Cora Mombadi knew very well that when the war was over, the first person the winner would settle accounts with was him.

So as long as neither side could beat the other, he could always be his "double champion".

Soon the appointment letter from the US government arrived, and some weapons were also sent, but only military uniforms were among them.

John Taylor certainly knew what the other party was thinking, so he didn't make any actual gesture, but he still needed to stabilize the other party in order to find an opportunity to gather troops and give the opponent a fatal blow.

And John Taylor was sure that whether he gave Cora Mombadi benefits or not, he would stop attacking the United States, and even attack the British forces in turn to increase his own value.

Cora Mombadi did stop expelling American forces, and instead prepared to have people wear American military uniforms and go around in front of the British to remind them.

"My lord, it's time to increase the money."

Palmerston had anticipated all this, so he bought Cora Mombadi's confidants early in the morning.

These so-called confidants were also profiteers waiting for a price like Cora Mombadi, and they had no loyalty at all.

So Cora Mombadi was killed by his own men on the eve of his "attack" on the British, and then the British army arrived the next day and picked the peaches.

Palmerston sent the letters between Cora Mombadi and the US government, as well as some American prisoners, to London.

He felt that John Tyler would be killed this time, and this was a real way of catching the enemy red-handed.

As long as London could be tougher, Washington would certainly make concessions and even demand compensation.

Because it was the US that provoked first, it was completely reasonable for Britain to send troops.

Moreover, the "free people" who followed Cora Mombadi were leaderless at this time, and they would be willing to become "British".

But what Palmerston did not expect was that the letters between Cora Mombadi and the US government, as well as those military uniforms, were all fake.

The war he expected did not happen, and Oregon was still the chaotic Oregon.