Struggle in Russia

Palmerston thinks one head and two big, he is not afraid of being sued, Whitehall will be afraid that you are a newspaper! As an old bureaucrat and old hooligan, if you don't have this kind of means, you are still a fart!

The problem is, he really can't go to the lawsuit, because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs really doesn't care about Kohon's mess, and judging from what was disclosed in the newspaper, he probably has evidence in his hand. And even if the lawsuit can be kept alive through official means, as soon as the lawsuit starts, it will definitely attract the attention of the whole society. Doesn't that mean setting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on fire?

And according to John Russell, it is to let him eliminate the influence as soon as possible, the sooner the better, so directly confronting the court, isn't that a way to add fuel to the flames. In this way, Russell will definitely blow up, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be killed in minutes, okay?

Therefore, it is definitely not advisable to go to court directly. Palmerston has neither the time nor the energy. What's more, these damn newspaper sellers are the best at hype. !

At that time, it will be Palmerston who will be disgraced, and even if John Walter loses the lawsuit, the newspaper's reputation will be established, public opinion will be created, and the sales will be even more impressive. He will never pay, okay? !

Palmerston can assure you that John Walter absolutely wants the Foreign Office to sue him, preferably for a year or so, and then his paper will never sell.

It should be said that Palmerston guessed right. The reason why John Walter agreed to publish the Cohorn scandal was to increase sales. It would be even more perfect if we could touch the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and fight a century-old lawsuit. Because The Times has really been pushed to its feet by cheap papers in recent years.

For John Walter, he really needs such an eye-catching super news to turn around. So don't look at him as a conservative, but under the requirements of his own interests, it is absolutely impossible to give Palmerston any face.

Even, John Walter deliberately mentioned the lawsuit just now, in fact, it also meant to stimulate Palmerston. If Palmerston really sued his newspaper in the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then John Walter would wake up laughing from his dreams, okay?

Palmerston looked at the serious John Walter, who seemed to be a serious man, and silently gave the newspaper tycoon the title of fox. How could he fall into this kind of evil, only to hear him reply indifferently:

"The reason why I invited you here is to have an open and in-depth chat with you. It would be best if the misunderstanding can be resolved. After all, as the foreign minister, I don't want to see the famous "Times" of our country discredited. In any case, this is a huge loss!"

This is not what he really wants to say, but just an opening statement, his real ultimate move is actually still behind:

"But what I didn't expect was that,

It is very disappointing that you, the owner of The Times, should be so... so obstinate and indiscriminate... If you go on like this, your paper will become the public enemy of the whole of Whitehall ! All servants of the British Empire will regard you as an enemy! "

This is the real threat. Palmerston's subtext is actually saying: "If you don't cooperate obediently, then I will use the official influence to kill you!"

Can John Walter hear you? Of course he understands, but is he afraid? He is also afraid, but now he has a more terrible survival crisis. If the "Times" goes bankrupt, what's the point of being afraid if he is soft?

Now John Walter is actually barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. He is completely willing to fight. People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death, so Palmerston's threat is completely meaningless.

Even Palmerston's threat had the opposite effect, which completely aroused John Walter's anger and resistance, and he immediately went all out: "Are you threatening me?"

Palmerston was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what medicine John Walter had taken wrongly. Could it be that he couldn't understand people's words? Lao Tzu's words are already so clear, why are you still so dumbfounded?

So he replied grimly: "Threats? No! This is advice!"

John Walter snorted coldly in his heart, and asked back: "What if I don't accept your so-called advice!"

Palmerston's eyes turned fierce, and he said bitterly: "Sir, I think it's better for you to accept my advice... If you don't, the consequences will be extremely serious! I assure you, I am extremely unwilling to see such a situation Here you go, what do you think?"

It's just that this didn't frighten John Walter, or that he had nowhere to go, so his answer was still: "I've thought it through very clearly, and I refuse to accept your advice, thank you!"

Palmerston is also convinced of this kind of stuff that doesn't eat oil and salt. In his eyes, John Walter is a piece of meat from a hob, which makes him a little helpless.

"That's your freedom!"

After holding back for a long time, Palmerston finally squeezed out such a harmless sentence. This made John Walter a little funny. He originally thought that a high-ranking minister like Palmerston should be more powerful, but in the end, this threat was really weak, giving people a feeling that the thunder is not loud and the rain is less a feeling of.

"Your Excellency, if there is nothing else, please allow me to leave."

The words were not speculative, and naturally there was no need to say anything more. John Walter stood up and saluted very gentlemanly, and then as long as Palmerston allowed, he would immediately slap his ass and leave.

It's just that Palmerston is not such a gentleman anymore. He must have no good looks for hob meat. He just snorted coldly, neither stood up nor shook hands, and said indifferently: "Then you can do whatever you want." Already!"

This undoubtedly made John Walter's impression of him even worse. The newspaper tycoon has already decided to give instructions to his editors after returning home, so that they will not only flog Robert Cohon in tomorrow's newspaper In addition, to criticize Palmerston together, it is best to find out all the black history of this guy, so that the public can see how incompetent and stupid the Foreign Secretary is.

Palmerston didn't know John Walter's plan, and of course he wouldn't change his attitude towards him even if he knew. Palmerston is also a person with personality, and he will never show mercy to people or things he doesn't like. He is really a ruthless person who makes me unhappy for a minute and makes you unhappy for a lifetime!

"Contact me Steven Knight of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and tell him that I will treat him to dinner at noon!"

Palmerston's decision to deal with The Times is definitely not just lip service. After all these years in politics, he still has a lot of good friends, especially those who owe him a lot. Time to put them to good use, dear friends!