Chapter 260: Austria vs Russia
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"Oh! Napoleon's heirs are really bothering me... nephews! Uncles!"
Nicholas I spoke leisurely, his tone did not fluctuate, and he did not see any signs of anger. It seemed that the tsar also acquiesced to Jerome Bonaparte's proposal.
"Your Majesty, they have also created opportunities for us! If France does not want to invade the Rhineland, then our Russian Empire will become the target of public criticism. Since the European powers are not willing to let the Empire recover Constantinople under your leadership , then we can only create a bigger threat in exchange for the acquiescence of Britain and other powers for us."
Karl Nescherroddy was proud of his diplomatic strategy, using one threat to counteract the other in order to achieve mutual compromise, a skill he learned from Prince Metternich.
In order to "repay" Prince Metternich's teaching, Karl Nescher-Rodie deliberately concealed part of the unfavorable situation in Austria that had come from France.
[referring to the transaction between Felix Schwarzenberg and the French Republic]
The tacit cooperation with Nicholas I over the years has given Karl Nescherroddy the confidence to hide from Nicholas I.
The headstrong emperor naturally complacently thought that he was the most loyal Third Hall and would serve her as his eyes and ears. In fact, the Third Hall had already become rotten, and countless false reports filled the Third Hall, making it impossible for the Third Hall. Instead of destroying the report by themselves, in order to avoid accountability, the Third Office always fooled the tsar with "nothing to do today".
Of course, when Crown Prince Alexander held the post of minister, he did not dare to be so fooled for fear of being discovered by Crown Prince Alexander.
Now that Crown Prince Alexander has left the imperial village and entered the local army, the third hall can fool the emperor with peace of mind.
[The Tsar's Office is the part directly ruled by the Tsar and has higher power than other departments. The first office supervises the implementation of the tsar's orders, the second office compiles legal provisions, the third office establishes a military police regiment, which is responsible for political review, and the fourth office The Office is responsible for charitable and educational institutions, the Fifth Office improves the lives of state-owned serfs, and the Sixth Office is a temporary agency responsible for drafting administrative plans for the Transcaucasus region. 】
"Necherroddie, we are betrayal!" Although Nicholas I was satisfied with Nescherroddie's plan, the orthodox principles over the years always made him feel that he was betraying the Kingdom of Prussia.
"Your Majesty, the Empire will not directly ask the Kingdom of Prussia to hand over the land. Whether the French Republic can get it is up to them!" Karl Nescher Rodie swore to Nicholas I.
"I'll leave this to you!" Nicholas I warned Karl Nescher Rodie: "However, I don't want to hear any negative news about the Russian Empire in this regard!"
"Of course!" Karl Necherrodie responded immediately.
For Karl Nescher-Rodie, it was the Austrian Empire that delivered the land. Whether the French Republic could obtain the land in the hands of the Austrian Empire would depend on their ability.
"By the way! Has the Austrian Foreign Minister come yet?" Nicholas I suddenly thought that Austrian Foreign Minister Felix Schwarzenberg seemed to be visiting St. Petersburg in the near future.
The sudden question from Nicholas I made Karl Nescherrodie stunned for a few seconds, and he quickly responded: "Your Majesty, not yet! However, it should be coming soon!"
"When the time comes, you can take my place and meet him!" Nicholas I said to Karl Necherroddie.
"Yes!" Karl Nescherrodie was overjoyed. Nicholas I's decentralization undoubtedly gave him more room for mediation, and he could negotiate the terms with the new goodbye minister.
"Okay! I'm tired! You go back first!" Nicholas I waved at Karl Necherrodie.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Karl Necherrodie bowed to Nicholas I again and left.
Nicholas I, who watched Karl Necherroddie leave, returned to the study again. When his eyes noticed the map on the desk again, he subconsciously shook his head and murmured, "France!"
…
On October 27, the temperature in St. Petersburg was a few degrees cooler than in previous days, and the brief autumn was fleeting.
The cold current from the Arctic Circle swept the streets and alleys of St. Petersburg. The nobles and big (small) bourgeois who curled up around St. Petersburg took off their autumn clothes and put on cotton clothes that could withstand the cold winter. Every household closed the windows and lit the fireplace.
In the bustling streets on weekdays, there are only twos and threes of people and police patrolling from time to time.
In the middle of the night, in the alleys of the deserted St. Petersburg, you can see drunkards with rum bottles in their hands.
Every year after October, some drunkards in St. Petersburg die from drunkenness and cold.
It was in such cold weather that a double-bridge carriage slowly drove into St. Petersburg from outside St. Petersburg.
If passersby pay attention, they can find the golden family emblem on the side of the double-bridge carriage.
The engraved double-headed eagle pattern on the family emblem is exactly the same as that of the Romanov family. There is a group of cavalry around the double-bridge carriage. They are uniformly dressed and wear a cylindrical military cap made of black leather and a red embroidered uniform on the upper body. The uniform has three rows of gold-breasted buttons, radiating dazzling light under the sunlight. The lower body wears black tight-fitting breeches, and a saber is slung around his waist. Judging from their attire, it is not difficult to see that they should be the Russian Guard Hussars directly under the Tsar's command.
This configuration is a treatment that is difficult for ordinary nobles to imagine. When the carriage entered St. Petersburg, passers-by stopped to watch it. People speculated that the people sitting in the carriage should be dukes and princes.
Escorted by cavalry troops, the carriage gradually came to a mansion. The owner of the mansion was none other than the residence in St. Petersburg of Foreign Minister Karl Nescher Roddy of the Russian Empire.
The gate of the mansion opened slowly, and the cavalry captain in charge of escorting drove his horse to the carriage and told the guests in the carriage in fluent French: "Your Excellency, your destination has arrived! I want to return to Prince Paskevich. It's gone!"
"Yeah!" A full-fledged voice came from the carriage, and the cavalry captain and his cavalrymen left.
The carriage slowly drove into Karl Nescher Roddy's mansion, and the driver driving the carriage drove to the center of the courtyard under the guidance of the mansion's steward and stopped.
"Your Excellency, please get off!" the butler stationed outside the carriage said to the airtight carriage.
The carriage slowly opened, and Felix Schwarzenberg in a light blue military uniform appeared in front of everyone.
"Your Excellency the Duke!" The butler summoned everyone in the mansion to pay due respect to the Austrian Duke/Prince who had come from afar.
Felix Schwarzenberg's expression did not change at all, as if all this was a matter of course for him: "Where is Count Karl now? [Karl Nescher Roddy was also named by Nicholas I Count, Felix Schwarzenberg to show intimacy]"
"Our master is still in the Imperial Village, and it may be very late to meet the prince! Your Excellency, please come with me!" The butler still politely said to the foreign visitor.
Felix Schwarzenberg nodded slightly. Under the leadership of the butler, Felix Schwarzenberg came to the room that Karl Nescher Roddy prepared for him.
"In the next few days, please take care of Your Excellency the Duke!" the butler said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"I didn't come here to enjoy!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded.
In the afternoon of the same day, Karl Nescher-Rodie, who received Felix Schwarzenberg's arrival, returned to the mansion to meet Felix Schwarzenberg.
"His Excellency the Duke, welcome to St. Petersburg!" Karl Necherroddie said to Felix Schwarzenberg as usual.
"Mr. Count, this is the letter that the prince asked me to pass to you!" Felix Schwarzenberg handed a letter to Karl Necherrodie.
A flash of surprise flashed in Karl Necherrodie's eyes. He didn't expect the new foreign minister to "get on good terms" with the old man so quickly. From his appearance, he didn't seem to be worried that the old man would take his position. .
It's nice to be young!
Looking at Felix Schwarzenberg in front of him, Karl Necherrodie couldn't help but sighed inwardly.
Had he been twenty years younger, his foreign policy would have been very different.
Karl Nescher-Rodie glanced at the letter that Prince Metternich wrote to him. The letter described the various friendships between Prince Metternich and himself, and also formally introduced Felix to Karl Nescher-Rodie. . Schwarzenberg.
At the end of the letter, Prince Metternich hopes that the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire can continue to maintain friendship.
After reading the letter, Karl Nescher Roddy handed the new fold to the servant, and then invited Felix Schwarzenberg to sit down and speak.
The fireplace was lit, and the heat filled the room.
Immediately afterwards, one of the servants brought pastries, coffee, and rum.
Karl Nescherlodie first asked Felix Schwarzenberg if he wanted to drink alcohol. After being rejected by the other party, Karl Nescherlodie drank it.
The slightly cloudy rum was poured into the wine glass, and Karl Necherrodie took a sip of the rum and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency, I know the purpose of your visit this time! You are with Prussia. come from the war!"
"That's right! We hope to get the permission of the Russian Empire! The actions of the Kingdom of Prussia have seriously endangered the interests of the Austrian Empire! This is simply a breach of orthodox principles!" Felix Schwarzenberg righteously told Karl . Nessel Roddy appealed.
"Then what is the matter with the proposal between your country and the French Republic? Is it also for orthodoxy?"
Karl Necher Rorodie still looked at Felix Schwarzenberg with a smile, and Felix felt a shudder in this smile.
How on earth did he know this? Who the **** told him!
Felix Schwarzenberg was not frightened by the question of Karl Nesselroddie, he was just curious who had leaked the secret.
"Mr. Count, who actually told you this?" Felix Schwarzenberg asked in a solemn tone.
"You don't need to worry about this!" Of course Karl Necherrodie wouldn't tell him the truth: "I just want to know how you should solve these problems!"
"Mr. Count, I don't think I need to explain!" Felix Schwarzenberg spread his hands and said calmly to Karl Necherro.
"You have destroyed the order of the whole of Europe!" Karl Nescherroddie said.
"No! We are forging a new order!" Felix Schwarzenberg also retorted: "The original continental balance of power has been destroyed, and we should forge a new balance of power."
"You mean the balance of power is to let France get the Rhineland?" Karl Necherrodie said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"It's just a corner of Thrall!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded to Karl Necherrodie.
"You will fuel France's ambitions like this!" Karl Necherrodie "blamed" Felix Schwarzenberg.
"Ambition? Mr. Carl, every country has ambitions. Do we have to prevent the ambitions of very few countries and give up our interests for no reason? The situation that Prince Metternich has worked so hard to manage has only gone through more than thirty years. Failure, long-term suppression is never the solution!" Felix Schwarzenberg sophistry.
"Then what do you want to do?" Karl Nescherroddy wanted to hear the opinion of this young man in the political arena.
"For a long time, the diplomacy of our European countries did not depend on ourselves, but on Britain! Behind every failure, there is a British figure, so I hope to remember that France's strengths work together to exclude Britain! Then the three countries of Russia, Austria and France Unite together and make rules! As long as our three countries are united, the remaining countries are not our opponents at all!"
Schwarzenberg ambitiously described Karl Nescher-Rodie.
"Duke Felix, in the blueprint you described, I don't seem to see the position of the Russian Empire! Are you trying to exclude the Russian Empire from the system?" Karl Nescherrodie squinted his eyes slyly The lineup said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
In Felix Schwarzenberg's mind, it is not without meaning that the threat of the Russian Empire to the Habsburgs is too great.
However, now he also needs the Russian Empire, of course, will not disgust the Russian Empire.
"How is that possible!" Schwarzenberg shook his head and responded to Karl Nesselrodie.
"Then the Austrian Empire gets the leadership of Germany, the French Republic gets partial compensation from the Rhineland, and the Russian Empire owns Constantinople. How about this?" Karl Nescher Rodie squinted and said his plan for division.
"Your Excellency Count, with all due respect, this is too unfair for our country! Your country already owns the Duchy of the Danube!" Schwarzenberg protested against Karl Nescher Rodie's "injustice". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
"How is it fair?" Karl Necherroddie asked Schwarzenberg.
"Unless the Russian Empire supports the Austrian Empire in claiming its former territory, Graz County!" Schwarzenberg said to Karl Nescher Roddie.
"This..." Karl Necherrodie hesitated. He didn't know whether he should agree to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"If the Russian Empire does not agree with Austria's proposal, then Austria may be difficult to create the Russian Empire!" Schwarzenberg would not give in an inch.
The stalemate between the two did not last long, and finally ended with Carl Necherrodie's concession.
The Russian Empire will support the Austrian Empire's request for the county of Graz, provided that the Austrian Empire can defeat the Kingdom of Prussia.
After the Austrian Empire's war with the Kingdom of Prussia, all efforts must be made to ensure the supply of the Russian Empire's troops in the Danube region.
The two parties who have exchanged their respective conditions have their own careful thoughts and actions.
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"Oh! Napoleon's heirs are really bothering me... nephews! Uncles!"
Nicholas I spoke leisurely, his tone did not fluctuate, and he did not see any signs of anger. It seemed that the tsar also acquiesced to Jerome Bonaparte's proposal.
"Your Majesty, they have also created opportunities for us! If France does not want to invade the Rhineland, then our Russian Empire will become the target of public criticism. Since the European powers are not willing to let the Empire recover Constantinople under your leadership , then we can only create a bigger threat in exchange for the acquiescence of Britain and other powers for us."
Karl Nescherroddy was proud of his diplomatic strategy, using one threat to counteract the other in order to achieve mutual compromise, a skill he learned from Prince Metternich.
In order to "repay" Prince Metternich's teaching, Karl Nescher-Rodie deliberately concealed part of the unfavorable situation in Austria that had come from France.
[referring to the transaction between Felix Schwarzenberg and the French Republic]
The tacit cooperation with Nicholas I over the years has given Karl Nescherroddy the confidence to hide from Nicholas I.
The headstrong emperor naturally complacently thought that he was the most loyal Third Hall and would serve her as his eyes and ears. In fact, the Third Hall had already become rotten, and countless false reports filled the Third Hall, making it impossible for the Third Hall. Instead of destroying the report by themselves, in order to avoid accountability, the Third Office always fooled the tsar with "nothing to do today".
Of course, when Crown Prince Alexander held the post of minister, he did not dare to be so fooled for fear of being discovered by Crown Prince Alexander.
Now that Crown Prince Alexander has left the imperial village and entered the local army, the third hall can fool the emperor with peace of mind.
[The Tsar's Office is the part directly ruled by the Tsar and has higher power than other departments. The first office supervises the implementation of the tsar's orders, the second office compiles legal provisions, the third office establishes a military police regiment, which is responsible for political review, and the fourth office The Office is responsible for charitable and educational institutions, the Fifth Office improves the lives of state-owned serfs, and the Sixth Office is a temporary agency responsible for drafting administrative plans for the Transcaucasus region. 】
"Necherroddie, we are betrayal!" Although Nicholas I was satisfied with Nescherroddie's plan, the orthodox principles over the years always made him feel that he was betraying the Kingdom of Prussia.
"Your Majesty, the Empire will not directly ask the Kingdom of Prussia to hand over the land. Whether the French Republic can get it is up to them!" Karl Nescher Rodie swore to Nicholas I.
"I'll leave this to you!" Nicholas I warned Karl Nescher Rodie: "However, I don't want to hear any negative news about the Russian Empire in this regard!"
"Of course!" Karl Necherrodie responded immediately.
For Karl Nescher-Rodie, it was the Austrian Empire that delivered the land. Whether the French Republic could obtain the land in the hands of the Austrian Empire would depend on their ability.
"By the way! Has the Austrian Foreign Minister come yet?" Nicholas I suddenly thought that Austrian Foreign Minister Felix Schwarzenberg seemed to be visiting St. Petersburg in the near future.
The sudden question from Nicholas I made Karl Nescherrodie stunned for a few seconds, and he quickly responded: "Your Majesty, not yet! However, it should be coming soon!"
"When the time comes, you can take my place and meet him!" Nicholas I said to Karl Necherroddie.
"Yes!" Karl Nescherrodie was overjoyed. Nicholas I's decentralization undoubtedly gave him more room for mediation, and he could negotiate the terms with the new goodbye minister.
"Okay! I'm tired! You go back first!" Nicholas I waved at Karl Necherrodie.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Karl Necherrodie bowed to Nicholas I again and left.
Nicholas I, who watched Karl Necherroddie leave, returned to the study again. When his eyes noticed the map on the desk again, he subconsciously shook his head and murmured, "France!"
…
On October 27, the temperature in St. Petersburg was a few degrees cooler than in previous days, and the brief autumn was fleeting.
The cold current from the Arctic Circle swept the streets and alleys of St. Petersburg. The nobles and big (small) bourgeois who curled up around St. Petersburg took off their autumn clothes and put on cotton clothes that could withstand the cold winter. Every household closed the windows and lit the fireplace.
In the bustling streets on weekdays, there are only twos and threes of people and police patrolling from time to time.
In the middle of the night, in the alleys of the deserted St. Petersburg, you can see drunkards with rum bottles in their hands.
Every year after October, some drunkards in St. Petersburg die from drunkenness and cold.
It was in such cold weather that a double-bridge carriage slowly drove into St. Petersburg from outside St. Petersburg.
If passersby pay attention, they can find the golden family emblem on the side of the double-bridge carriage.
The engraved double-headed eagle pattern on the family emblem is exactly the same as that of the Romanov family. There is a group of cavalry around the double-bridge carriage. They are uniformly dressed and wear a cylindrical military cap made of black leather and a red embroidered uniform on the upper body. The uniform has three rows of gold-breasted buttons, radiating dazzling light under the sunlight. The lower body wears black tight-fitting breeches, and a saber is slung around his waist. Judging from their attire, it is not difficult to see that they should be the Russian Guard Hussars directly under the Tsar's command.
This configuration is a treatment that is difficult for ordinary nobles to imagine. When the carriage entered St. Petersburg, passers-by stopped to watch it. People speculated that the people sitting in the carriage should be dukes and princes.
Escorted by cavalry troops, the carriage gradually came to a mansion. The owner of the mansion was none other than the residence in St. Petersburg of Foreign Minister Karl Nescher Roddy of the Russian Empire.
The gate of the mansion opened slowly, and the cavalry captain in charge of escorting drove his horse to the carriage and told the guests in the carriage in fluent French: "Your Excellency, your destination has arrived! I want to return to Prince Paskevich. It's gone!"
"Yeah!" A full-fledged voice came from the carriage, and the cavalry captain and his cavalrymen left.
The carriage slowly drove into Karl Nescher Roddy's mansion, and the driver driving the carriage drove to the center of the courtyard under the guidance of the mansion's steward and stopped.
"Your Excellency, please get off!" the butler stationed outside the carriage said to the airtight carriage.
The carriage slowly opened, and Felix Schwarzenberg in a light blue military uniform appeared in front of everyone.
"Your Excellency the Duke!" The butler summoned everyone in the mansion to pay due respect to the Austrian Duke/Prince who had come from afar.
Felix Schwarzenberg's expression did not change at all, as if all this was a matter of course for him: "Where is Count Karl now? [Karl Nescher Roddy was also named by Nicholas I Count, Felix Schwarzenberg to show intimacy]"
"Our master is still in the Imperial Village, and it may be very late to meet the prince! Your Excellency, please come with me!" The butler still politely said to the foreign visitor.
Felix Schwarzenberg nodded slightly. Under the leadership of the butler, Felix Schwarzenberg came to the room that Karl Nescher Roddy prepared for him.
"In the next few days, please take care of Your Excellency the Duke!" the butler said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"I didn't come here to enjoy!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded.
In the afternoon of the same day, Karl Nescher-Rodie, who received Felix Schwarzenberg's arrival, returned to the mansion to meet Felix Schwarzenberg.
"His Excellency the Duke, welcome to St. Petersburg!" Karl Necherroddie said to Felix Schwarzenberg as usual.
"Mr. Count, this is the letter that the prince asked me to pass to you!" Felix Schwarzenberg handed a letter to Karl Necherrodie.
A flash of surprise flashed in Karl Necherrodie's eyes. He didn't expect the new foreign minister to "get on good terms" with the old man so quickly. From his appearance, he didn't seem to be worried that the old man would take his position. .
It's nice to be young!
Looking at Felix Schwarzenberg in front of him, Karl Necherrodie couldn't help but sighed inwardly.
Had he been twenty years younger, his foreign policy would have been very different.
Karl Nescher-Rodie glanced at the letter that Prince Metternich wrote to him. The letter described the various friendships between Prince Metternich and himself, and also formally introduced Felix to Karl Nescher-Rodie. . Schwarzenberg.
At the end of the letter, Prince Metternich hopes that the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire can continue to maintain friendship.
After reading the letter, Karl Nescher Roddy handed the new fold to the servant, and then invited Felix Schwarzenberg to sit down and speak.
The fireplace was lit, and the heat filled the room.
Immediately afterwards, one of the servants brought pastries, coffee, and rum.
Karl Nescherlodie first asked Felix Schwarzenberg if he wanted to drink alcohol. After being rejected by the other party, Karl Nescherlodie drank it.
The slightly cloudy rum was poured into the wine glass, and Karl Necherrodie took a sip of the rum and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency, I know the purpose of your visit this time! You are with Prussia. come from the war!"
"That's right! We hope to get the permission of the Russian Empire! The actions of the Kingdom of Prussia have seriously endangered the interests of the Austrian Empire! This is simply a breach of orthodox principles!" Felix Schwarzenberg righteously told Karl . Nessel Roddy appealed.
"Then what is the matter with the proposal between your country and the French Republic? Is it also for orthodoxy?"
Karl Necher Rorodie still looked at Felix Schwarzenberg with a smile, and Felix felt a shudder in this smile.
How on earth did he know this? Who the **** told him!
Felix Schwarzenberg was not frightened by the question of Karl Nesselroddie, he was just curious who had leaked the secret.
"Mr. Count, who actually told you this?" Felix Schwarzenberg asked in a solemn tone.
"You don't need to worry about this!" Of course Karl Necherrodie wouldn't tell him the truth: "I just want to know how you should solve these problems!"
"Mr. Count, I don't think I need to explain!" Felix Schwarzenberg spread his hands and said calmly to Karl Necherro.
"You have destroyed the order of the whole of Europe!" Karl Nescherroddie said.
"No! We are forging a new order!" Felix Schwarzenberg also retorted: "The original continental balance of power has been destroyed, and we should forge a new balance of power."
"You mean the balance of power is to let France get the Rhineland?" Karl Necherrodie said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"It's just a corner of Thrall!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded to Karl Necherrodie.
"You will fuel France's ambitions like this!" Karl Necherrodie "blamed" Felix Schwarzenberg.
"Ambition? Mr. Carl, every country has ambitions. Do we have to prevent the ambitions of very few countries and give up our interests for no reason? The situation that Prince Metternich has worked so hard to manage has only gone through more than thirty years. Failure, long-term suppression is never the solution!" Felix Schwarzenberg sophistry.
"Then what do you want to do?" Karl Nescherroddy wanted to hear the opinion of this young man in the political arena.
"For a long time, the diplomacy of our European countries did not depend on ourselves, but on Britain! Behind every failure, there is a British figure, so I hope to remember that France's strengths work together to exclude Britain! Then the three countries of Russia, Austria and France Unite together and make rules! As long as our three countries are united, the remaining countries are not our opponents at all!"
Schwarzenberg ambitiously described Karl Nescher-Rodie.
"Duke Felix, in the blueprint you described, I don't seem to see the position of the Russian Empire! Are you trying to exclude the Russian Empire from the system?" Karl Nescherrodie squinted his eyes slyly The lineup said to Felix Schwarzenberg.
In Felix Schwarzenberg's mind, it is not without meaning that the threat of the Russian Empire to the Habsburgs is too great.
However, now he also needs the Russian Empire, of course, will not disgust the Russian Empire.
"How is that possible!" Schwarzenberg shook his head and responded to Karl Nesselrodie.
"Then the Austrian Empire gets the leadership of Germany, the French Republic gets partial compensation from the Rhineland, and the Russian Empire owns Constantinople. How about this?" Karl Nescher Rodie squinted and said his plan for division.
"Your Excellency Count, with all due respect, this is too unfair for our country! Your country already owns the Duchy of the Danube!" Schwarzenberg protested against Karl Nescher Rodie's "injustice". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
"How is it fair?" Karl Necherroddie asked Schwarzenberg.
"Unless the Russian Empire supports the Austrian Empire in claiming its former territory, Graz County!" Schwarzenberg said to Karl Nescher Roddie.
"This..." Karl Necherrodie hesitated. He didn't know whether he should agree to Felix Schwarzenberg.
"If the Russian Empire does not agree with Austria's proposal, then Austria may be difficult to create the Russian Empire!" Schwarzenberg would not give in an inch.
The stalemate between the two did not last long, and finally ended with Carl Necherrodie's concession.
The Russian Empire will support the Austrian Empire's request for the county of Graz, provided that the Austrian Empire can defeat the Kingdom of Prussia.
After the Austrian Empire's war with the Kingdom of Prussia, all efforts must be made to ensure the supply of the Russian Empire's troops in the Danube region.
The two parties who have exchanged their respective conditions have their own careful thoughts and actions.
"Oh! Napoleon's heirs are really bothering me... nephews! Uncles!"Nicholas I spoke leisurely, his tone did not fluctuate, and he did not see any signs of anger. It seemed that the tsar also acquiesced to Jerome Bonaparte's proposal."Your Majesty, they have also created opportunities for us! If France does not want to invade the Rhineland, then our Russian Empire will become the target of public criticism. Since the European powers are not willing to let the Empire recover Constantinople under your leadership , then we can only create a bigger threat in exchange for the acquiescence of Britain and other powers for us."Karl Nescherroddy was proud of his diplomatic strategy, using one threat to counteract the other in order to achieve mutual compromise, a skill he learned from Prince Metternich.In order to "repay" Prince Metternich's teaching, Karl Nescher-Rodie deliberately concealed part of the unfavorable situation in Austria that had come from France.referring to the transaction between Felix Schwarzenberg and the French RepublicThe tacit cooperation with Nicholas I over the years has given Karl Nescherroddy the confidence to hide from Nicholas I.The headstrong emperor naturally complacently thought that he was the most loyal Third Hall and would serve her as his eyes and ears. In fact, the Third Hall had already become rotten, and countless false reports filled the Third Hall, making it impossible for the Third Hall. Instead of destroying the report by themselves, in order to avoid accountability, the Third Office always fooled the tsar with "nothing to do today".Of course, when Crown Prince Alexander held the post of minister, he did not dare to be so fooled for fear of being discovered by Crown Prince Alexander.Now that Crown Prince Alexander has left the imperial village and entered the local army, the third hall can fool the emperor with peace of mind.The Tsar's Office is the part directly ruled by the Tsar and has higher power than other departments. The first office supervises the implementation of the tsar's orders, the second office compiles legal provisions, the third office establishes a military police regiment, which is responsible for political review, and the fourth office The Office is responsible for charitable and educational institutions, the Fifth Office improves the lives of state-owned serfs, and the Sixth Office is a temporary agency responsible for drafting administrative plans for the Transcaucasus region. "Necherroddie, we are betrayal!" Although Nicholas I was satisfied with Nescherroddie's plan, the orthodox principles over the years always made him feel that he was betraying the Kingdom of Prussia."Your Majesty, the Empire will not directly ask the Kingdom of Prussia to hand over the land. Whether the French Republic can get it is up to them!" Karl Nescher Rodie swore to Nicholas I."I'll leave this to you!" Nicholas I warned Karl Nescher Rodie: "However, I don't want to hear any negative news about the Russian Empire in this regard!""Of course!" Karl Necherrodie responded immediately.For Karl Nescher-Rodie, it was the Austrian Empire that delivered the land. Whether the French Republic could obtain the land in the hands of the Austrian Empire would depend on their ability."By the way! Has the Austrian Foreign Minister come yet?" Nicholas I suddenly thought that Austrian Foreign Minister Felix Schwarzenberg seemed to be visiting St. Petersburg in the near future.The sudden question from Nicholas I made Karl Nescherrodie stunned for a few seconds, and he quickly responded: "Your Majesty, not yet! However, it should be coming soon!""When the time comes, you can take my place and meet him!" Nicholas I said to Karl Necherroddie."Yes!" Karl Nescherrodie was overjoyed. Nicholas I's decentralization undoubtedly gave him more room for mediation, and he could negotiate the terms with the new goodbye minister."Okay! I'm tired! You go back first!" Nicholas I waved at Karl Necherrodie."Yes! Your Majesty!" Karl Necherrodie bowed to Nicholas I again and left.Nicholas I, who watched Karl Necherroddie leave, returned to the study again. When his eyes noticed the map on the desk again, he subconsciously shook his head and murmured, "France!"On October 27, the temperature in St. Petersburg was a few degrees cooler than in previous days, and the brief autumn was fleeting.The cold current from the Arctic Circle swept the streets and alleys of St. Petersburg. The nobles and big small bourgeois who curled up around St. Petersburg took off their autumn clothes and put on cotton clothes that could withstand the cold winter. Every household closed the windows and lit the fireplace.In the bustling streets on weekdays, there are only twos and threes of people and police patrolling from time to time.In the middle of the night, in the alleys of the deserted St. Petersburg, you can see drunkards with rum bottles in their hands.Every year after October, some drunkards in St. Petersburg die from drunkenness and cold.It was in such cold weather that a double-bridge carriage slowly drove into St. Petersburg from outside St. Petersburg.If passersby pay attention, they can find the golden family emblem on the side of the double-bridge carriage.The engraved double-headed eagle pattern on the family emblem is exactly the same as that of the Romanov family. There is a group of cavalry around the double-bridge carriage. They are uniformly dressed and wear a cylindrical military cap made of black leather and a red embroidered uniform on the upper body. The uniform has three rows of gold-breasted buttons, radiating dazzling light under the sunlight. The lower body wears black tight-fitting breeches, and a saber is slung around his waist. Judging from their attire, it is not difficult to see that they should be the Russian Guard Hussars directly under the Tsar's command.This configuration is a treatment that is difficult for ordinary nobles to imagine. When the carriage entered St. Petersburg, passers-by stopped to watch it. People speculated that the people sitting in the carriage should be dukes and princes.Escorted by cavalry troops, the carriage gradually came to a mansion. The owner of the mansion was none other than the residence in St. Petersburg of Foreign Minister Karl Nescher Roddy of the Russian Empire.The gate of the mansion opened slowly, and the cavalry captain in charge of escorting drove his horse to the carriage and told the guests in the carriage in fluent French: "Your Excellency, your destination has arrived! I want to return to Prince Paskevich. It's gone!""Yeah!" A full-fledged voice came from the carriage, and the cavalry captain and his cavalrymen left.The carriage slowly drove into Karl Nescher Roddy's mansion, and the driver driving the carriage drove to the center of the courtyard under the guidance of the mansion's steward and stopped."Your Excellency, please get off!" the butler stationed outside the carriage said to the airtight carriage.The carriage slowly opened, and Felix Schwarzenberg in a light blue military uniform appeared in front of everyone."Your Excellency the Duke!" The butler summoned everyone in the mansion to pay due respect to the Austrian Duke/Prince who had come from afar.Felix Schwarzenberg's expression did not change at all, as if all this was a matter of course for him: "Where is Count Karl now? Karl Nescher Roddy was also named by Nicholas I Count, Felix Schwarzenberg to show intimacy""Our master is still in the Imperial Village, and it may be very late to meet the prince! Your Excellency, please come with me!" The butler still politely said to the foreign visitor.Felix Schwarzenberg nodded slightly. Under the leadership of the butler, Felix Schwarzenberg came to the room that Karl Nescher Roddy prepared for him."In the next few days, please take care of Your Excellency the Duke!" the butler said to Felix Schwarzenberg."I didn't come here to enjoy!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded.In the afternoon of the same day, Karl Nescher-Rodie, who received Felix Schwarzenberg's arrival, returned to the mansion to meet Felix Schwarzenberg."His Excellency the Duke, welcome to St. Petersburg!" Karl Necherroddie said to Felix Schwarzenberg as usual."Mr. Count, this is the letter that the prince asked me to pass to you!" Felix Schwarzenberg handed a letter to Karl Necherrodie.A flash of surprise flashed in Karl Necherrodie's eyes. He didn't expect the new foreign minister to "get on good terms" with the old man so quickly. From his appearance, he didn't seem to be worried that the old man would take his position. .It's nice to be young!Looking at Felix Schwarzenberg in front of him, Karl Necherrodie couldn't help but sighed inwardly.Had he been twenty years younger, his foreign policy would have been very different.Karl Nescher-Rodie glanced at the letter that Prince Metternich wrote to him. The letter described the various friendships between Prince Metternich and himself, and also formally introduced Felix to Karl Nescher-Rodie. . Schwarzenberg.At the end of the letter, Prince Metternich hopes that the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire can continue to maintain friendship.After reading the letter, Karl Nescher Roddy handed the new fold to the servant, and then invited Felix Schwarzenberg to sit down and speak.The fireplace was lit, and the heat filled the room.Immediately afterwards, one of the servants brought pastries, coffee, and rum.Karl Nescherlodie first asked Felix Schwarzenberg if he wanted to drink alcohol. After being rejected by the other party, Karl Nescherlodie drank it.The slightly cloudy rum was poured into the wine glass, and Karl Necherrodie took a sip of the rum and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency, I know the purpose of your visit this time! You are with Prussia. come from the war!""That's right! We hope to get the permission of the Russian Empire! The actions of the Kingdom of Prussia have seriously endangered the interests of the Austrian Empire! This is simply a breach of orthodox principles!" Felix Schwarzenberg righteously told Karl . Nessel Roddy appealed."Then what is the matter with the proposal between your country and the French Republic? Is it also for orthodoxy?"Karl Necher Rorodie still looked at Felix Schwarzenberg with a smile, and Felix felt a shudder in this smile.How on earth did he know this? Who the **** told him!Felix Schwarzenberg was not frightened by the question of Karl Nesselroddie, he was just curious who had leaked the secret."Mr. Count, who actually told you this?" Felix Schwarzenberg asked in a solemn tone."You don't need to worry about this!" Of course Karl Necherrodie wouldn't tell him the truth: "I just want to know how you should solve these problems!""Mr. Count, I don't think I need to explain!" Felix Schwarzenberg spread his hands and said calmly to Karl Necherro."You have destroyed the order of the whole of Europe!" Karl Nescherroddie said."No! We are forging a new order!" Felix Schwarzenberg also retorted: "The original continental balance of power has been destroyed, and we should forge a new balance of power.""You mean the balance of power is to let France get the Rhineland?" Karl Necherrodie said to Felix Schwarzenberg."It's just a corner of Thrall!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded to Karl Necherrodie."You will fuel France's ambitions like this!" Karl Necherrodie "blamed" Felix Schwarzenberg."Ambition? Mr. Carl, every country has ambitions. Do we have to prevent the ambitions of very few countries and give up our interests for no reason? The situation that Prince Metternich has worked so hard to manage has only gone through more than thirty years. Failure, long-term suppression is never the solution!" Felix Schwarzenberg sophistry."Then what do you want to do?" Karl Nescherroddy wanted to hear the opinion of this young man in the political arena."For a long time, the diplomacy of our European countries did not depend on ourselves, but on Britain! Behind every failure, there is a British figure, so I hope to remember that France's strengths work together to exclude Britain! Then the three countries of Russia, Austria and France Unite together and make rules! As long as our three countries are united, the remaining countries are not our opponents at all!"Schwarzenberg ambitiously described Karl Nescher-Rodie."Duke Felix, in the blueprint you described, I don't seem to see the position of the Russian Empire! Are you trying to exclude the Russian Empire from the system?" Karl Nescherrodie squinted his eyes slyly The lineup said to Felix Schwarzenberg.In Felix Schwarzenberg's mind, it is not without meaning that the threat of the Russian Empire to the Habsburgs is too great.However, now he also needs the Russian Empire, of course, will not disgust the Russian Empire."How is that possible!" Schwarzenberg shook his head and responded to Karl Nesselrodie."Then the Austrian Empire gets the leadership of Germany, the French Republic gets partial compensation from the Rhineland, and the Russian Empire owns Constantinople. How about this?" Karl Nescher Rodie squinted and said his plan for division."Your Excellency Count, with all due respect, this is too unfair for our country! Your country already owns the Duchy of the Danube!" Schwarzenberg protested against Karl Nescher Rodie's "injustice". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"How is it fair?" Karl Necherroddie asked Schwarzenberg."Unless the Russian Empire supports the Austrian Empire in claiming its former territory, Graz County!" Schwarzenberg said to Karl Nescher Roddie."This..." Karl Necherrodie hesitated. He didn't know whether he should agree to Felix Schwarzenberg."If the Russian Empire does not agree with Austria's proposal, then Austria may be difficult to create the Russian Empire!" Schwarzenberg would not give in an inch.The stalemate between the two did not last long, and finally ended with Carl Necherrodie's concession.The Russian Empire will support the Austrian Empire's request for the county of Graz, provided that the Austrian Empire can defeat the Kingdom of Prussia.After the Austrian Empire's war with the Kingdom of Prussia, all efforts must be made to ensure the supply of the Russian Empire's troops in the Danube region.The two parties who have exchanged their respective conditions have their own careful thoughts and actions.
