Chapter 597 Rasputin
"France is also a republic. If anything, it has all the problems that the United States has. France is a little more chaotic right now, and your husband has many ways to deal with a country like that. Manipulating public opinion is very dangerous in an imperial country because there are too many irresistible factors in an imperial country."
"On the contrary, in a republican country, it is very feasible to form political correctness and reach consensus through newspapers and political agents with the backing of money. I can do it in the United States, and my wife can certainly do it in another republican country. Mainland France happens to have a revengeful sentiment against Germany, which is political correctness, and it is a good entry point."
"The best brainwashing is to do it in a subtle way, to make it clear that French Africa is important to France's rise. This is especially true in the minds of those who have nothing to do but are very concerned about current affairs. Of course, this is not enough. We need to create the illusion that international public opinion is in our favor."
"The British are very unreliable on this point. For geopolitical reasons, the Russian Empire's statement is very important. For Italy, the Russian Empire has no vital interests. As long as the money is in place, it is not difficult to create public opinion in support of France. There has long been pro-French public opinion among the Russian Empire's nobles. It is not difficult to support North Africa, which has no vital interests, in exchange for France's friendly attitude towards the Balkans. In this way, favorable international public opinion will be created."
Anne read the telegrams sent by her husband page by page, and couldn't help sighing in her heart that although there was an ocean between them, they seemed to know the relations between European countries very well. But it was mainly because of a little money. Without money, it would be useless to understand.
France and the Russian Empire have maintained friendly relations for a long time, and this history is quite long, not to mention the historical fact that French culture was rampant in Europe and had a significant impact on the Russian Empire. After the Franco-Prussian War, France's long-term diplomatic efforts were to pull the Russian Empire away from the Three Emperors' Alliance, and it was finally successful.
The most magical thing is that before World War II, France had lost a lot of blood in World War I and had lost confidence in fighting the Germans alone. It once again placed its hopes on the Soviet Union and signed a mutual assistance treaty. When either France or the Soviet Union became the target of aggression by European countries, the two countries promised to immediately support and assist each other. This treaty was signed after Hitler came to power. France and the Soviet Union were facing the threat of German aggression. In fact, this treaty failed to play its due role in preventing and resisting German aggression.
A large part of the reason why it did not work can be blamed on the British. France continued to decline in modern times, and after World War I, it was even more war-weary. The situation in Europe often relied on Britain's support for France. If Britain wanted to divert trouble to other countries, France could only follow suit.
Of course, these contents were not in the telegram, but were just arguments to support Sheffield's decision to send a telegram. At the end of the telegram, Sheffield stated that it was unlikely to find an ordinary Russian minister to lobby for major national interests. However, there was such a person in Russia who should be able to do this. The name at the end of the telegram was Rasputin.
"Can we invite Rasputin to Paris through a private channel?" Anne understood it all at once, and she undoubtedly trusted her husband, the number one media tycoon in the United States, when it came to manipulating public opinion.
"So it seems that many of these women selected from the Middle East will be given to Rasputin?" Anne raised her eyebrows. In fact, Anne did not particularly agree with her husband's despicable means, but it was inevitable.
"Yes, ma'am, the boss also told us the news. After Rasputin arrived in Paris, he handed over everything to us because according to rumors, this person is a bit weird. The boss told us not to let you come into contact with this weird person."
"Yes, I know my husband very well. He would judge any man who approaches her, regardless of age, as having improper intentions." Anne knew Sheffield very well. Compared with his many advantages such as wealth and billions, this was just a small disadvantage and was completely tolerable.
Under the banner of Franco-Russian friendship, it was a win-win situation to invite Rasputin, who had transformed from a peasant into an Orthodox god, and who was relatively well-known.
Anne believed that Rasputin would gladly accept this kind of invitation from abroad, because it was another good opportunity to become famous. The response from the Russian Empire came immediately, and as expected, they gladly accepted it.
While inviting Rasputin in the name of religion, Anne, with the support of her media tycoon husband, wielded the stick of political correctness to manipulate public opinion. Although Italy did not have the same mortal enemy treatment as Germany and could not arouse fear in the hearts of the French, it still had other ways.
With the blessing of Sheffield, Italian jokes continued to cross the ocean and enter the reports of many French newspapers. There was too much material. The slave owners had edited black jokes many years ago, which made the black community in the United States unable to recover forever. What's more, Italy itself had enough material.
Amid the heated discussion on the status of North Africa, jokes about Italy were mixed into the coverage, from Italy’s inability to defeat Ethiopia to Italy being scared away by the Beiyang Fleet in Sanmen Bay.
On the streets of Paris, idle keyboard warriors were jokingly discussing Italy's ambitions in North Africa, shaking their heads while laughing. Wouldn't it be a joke if Italy could take advantage of the land that France had set its eyes on?
Even in the French Parliament, many members of parliament are joking about Italy's historical record. It has become a subconscious perception among many French people that Italy is weak and poses no threat.
Anne sent this kind of public opinion back to her husband through a telegram, and Sheffield was not surprised at all. Slave owners have always believed that groups are exclusive. Subconsciously, every country is exclusive, but the form of expression is different. If the strength of two countries is close, this kind of xenophobia is mutual.
The difference in strength is too great, either it is one-sided licking, or the weak is furious at the strong. But if the difference in strength is huge, but there is honey self-confidence, there will be the same treatment as India.
This time, the smear campaign against Italians in the French citizen group was carried out with reference to the treatment of India.
As for what Anne said in the telegram, a lot of money has been spent. The slave owner doesn't care at all. If he can make the whole world kill each other just by talking, what he should consider now is whether to be the only final producer and launch all the people on the earth into space.
But isn't this impossible? You don't want to spend money but want to gain benefits? Sheffield doesn't have Aladdin's lamp.
If it only costs a few million to achieve the goal, the deal is a good deal. Even if it costs a few hundred million more, the slave owner can accept it.
As the weak link in the two major military alliances, the Italians cannot blame the slave owners. This is the usual routine of imperialism. Perhaps the Italians themselves think that they are also a member of the imperialist family, but Sheffield does not think so.
With Sheffield's full support, Anne became the queen of French upper society with this little bit of support. Some people praised her, while others complained about her. This is all very normal.
Some noble ladies secretly felt jealous, "She just married a rich countryman, but she acts like a queen. Why are you so proud? Maybe she was beaten by her husband every day in the United States."
Anne naturally could not hear these words, but her husband had a suspicious character and was hostile to every man. After living together for many years, this way of thinking was passed on to her. Anne also had great hostility towards women. Any woman who appeared in her sight, regardless of her beauty or age, was regarded as someone who was here to steal her husband.
Even if she didn't know about these remarks, she could guess that most of these upper-class men and women who were around her had bad intentions. In this environment, Rasputin, who was counting on this trip abroad as a way to gain a foothold, arrived in Paris.
Queen Alexandra believed in mysticism and liked to entertain monks, holy children, prophets, seers, saviors and other figures, and often held spiritual ceremonies. To the sadness of the couple, their son Alexi often faced terrible situations due to hemophilia. Whenever Alexi had an attack, almost everyone was helpless. At this time, Rasputin appeared.
Anne was not interested in such rumors. Was the other party a prophet? Her husband, a slave owner, was also a prophet. Whose prediction was more powerful could be seen by whether Italy would declare war on the Ottoman Empire. But she knew that this was a favorite of the Russian Tsar and had a strong influence on the upper class of the Russian Empire.
"If there is enough time, we can tell this charlatan about Italy's plan to attack the Ottoman Empire. This way, when Rasputin returns to the Russian Empire, he will be shrouded in even more mystery. This will definitely be beneficial for future plans."
This is the content of the latest telegram Sheffield sent after learning that Rasputin had arrived in Paris. Rasputin had a career as a prophet, and this time he could use it.
In essence, it was to fill Rasputin's pockets with francs before he returned to the Russian Empire. As for this lustful charlatan, it was not difficult for Anne to find someone in the chaotic French upper class to deal with Rasputin.
The famous Russian saint, fueled by money, was as popular as he was in the Russian upper class.
A few days later, Anne, accompanied by a group of bodyguards, formally met with the favorite of the Russian Tsar.
Although he was not mentally prepared for this sudden event, Rasputin, who had been in the upper class of imperial Russia for many years, immediately calmed down, as if he was shrouded in mystery.
(End of this chapter)
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