Chapter 134： Fraudulent door

Between nations, interests are always the subject. While Franz counted the Russians, the Tsarist government also counted Austria.

This calculation has nothing to do with alliances, and everyone does it within the rules. Until the interests outweigh the contradictions, the alliance between the two parties is reliable.

After the establishment of the Russian-Austrian alliance, the Tsarist government relaxed its repression of Prussia.

Obviously, after the Austrian government exposed its ambitions in the South German region, the Tsarist government feared that Austria would unify the entire German region, threatened their continental hegemony, and prepared the Prussians to check and balance Austria.

The most intuitive manifestation is that Russia's diplomatic pressure on the Kingdom of Prussia is not as strong as before.

In a way, Franz also inadvertently helped the Prussians. Of course this kind of help is not enough for the Russians to let the Prussian kingdom annex the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein.

The younger brother of Denmark, the Russians don't want to give up yet. The tsarist government needs a stable northern Europe. The expansion of the Kingdom of Prussia has broken the balance of northern Europe.

The tsarist government is in conflict, and the best option is to allow the Kingdom of Prussia to develop into the German central region, delaying Austria's unification of the South German state.

But the Prussian kingdom cannot be unified in the German region, which is inconsistent with the Russian strategy. For the Tsarist government, Austria's ally is the best choice.

Has certain strength, but does not threaten Russia's strength. The most important thing is that the Habsburg dynasty is very old, and it is very difficult for any old empire to regenerate.

In contrast, the newly emerging young empire is even more daunting. Being young means that it is still in a rising period, and the future has unlimited possibilities. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Prussia is a kingdom with the potential to become a young empire.

The Russians are very contradictory. On the one hand, they want the kingdom of Prussia to check and balance Austria. On the other hand, they are worried that Prussia was drawn to Britain and France by the past and stabbed Russia or Austria at a critical moment.

In Nicholas I's opinion, the best option was to draw the kingdom of Prussia back to the "three courts of the north", or the "three imperial alliances".

easy to say, hard to do.

In the final analysis, it is the interests. At present, the Russians cannot sacrifice the interests of the Danes, which will chill the allies.

Then it will be difficult to let Puao join forces to divide up the German region. Obviously, it is difficult for a North German region to feed the Prussians.

If Prussia reaches out to the German region, let alone Austria can't stand it, even Nicholas I can't stand it. He can't stand the birth of a German empire.

What's more serious is that after Pau divided up the German region, the Kingdom of Prussia really got bigger, and the two together just blocked their way west.

After defeating the enemy in the future "Three Emperors League", it is always unfavorable that Puao will join forces against Russia to cultivate their feelings for the enemy.

St. Petersburg

In order to solve this troublesome problem, Nicholas I specially held an imperial conference.

The Prime Minister took the lead to say, "Your Majesty, either try to win over the Kingdom of Prussia and continue the Berlin Convention; or jointly suppress the Kingdom of Prussia and make them incapable of messing us up!"

Everyone knows what to do to suppress the Prussian kingdom. It is very simple. As long as you combine Austria with a severe blow to him, Prussia will not be able to stand over for ten or twenty years.

But the problem is that after defeating Prussia, Austria's goal may not be to merge the South German region, but to unify the entire German region.

Suppression is not feasible, so it will win over Prussia instead. There is a price to pay for this. The Russians will not pay this price. If they want to cut meat, they will kill them again.

Foreign Minister Karl-Worselrod analyzed: "His Majesty, the Prussians have a great appetite. Now there are two unified ideas in the German region, one is the establishment of the German Empire by the Austrian unified German region, and the other is by Prussia. People united the German states except Austria to establish a small Germany.

The latter was troubled by the Prussians. Their goal was very clear, that is, to unify Germany. Now they are launching the Danish war, and they are working for this goal.

If we will support the Prussian united German region, they will definitely join the alliance, but Austria will certainly not agree. Perhaps before our strategy has begun, the two countries will fight together. "

Nicholas I frowned and asked, "Why can't the North German state feed the Prussians?"

The Russians are pursuing the supremacy of strength, and share as many benefits as they have. Now the Kingdom of Prussia is the bottom of the powers, or just a quasi-power.

Later generations spoke highly of the Kingdom of Prussia, because they unified Germany and established the Second German Empire, which pushed them up and raised their status.

This is not to say that the middle country with a population of 13 million now has the same strength as the major powers.

"Your Majesty, we can try to draw the Prussians in North Germany and, if not, seduce them to expand into the lowland countries." Foreign Minister Karl Voselrod suggested

The 19th century was an era of expansion. All countries wanted to expand their power. In this era, non-expansion is a chronic suicide.

Don't look at many countries in future generations, who have survived from this era. In fact, many people ignore the risks they have experienced.

Small countries such as the Netherlands and Luxembourg are not mentioned, and even large countries such as Spain are being beaten all the way.

Prussia and Austria, countries with huge geographies, will not be able to expand and expand their strengths. Whether it is the Russians going west or the French expeditions, it will be a tragedy.

Farming development is not impossible, but the speed of farming development is too slow. Without sufficient market and industrial raw materials, your hard work for two or three decades is not as good as others' achievements.

"No, letting the Prussians annex the North German state is already very dangerous. If they get Belgium and the Netherlands again, then it will be another France." The Prime Minister objected excitedly.

"His Prime Minister, our westward expansion has been blocked. Even if the Kingdom of Prussia becomes larger, it will not be possible to counterattack Russia. As long as we provoke the contradiction between the Austrian and the Austrian, the western line will be stable. It is our national policy to fully operate the Mediterranean "Explained Karl-Worselrod

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The internal disputes among the Russians eased the diplomatic pressure on Prussia and created an illusion to the Prussians. It seemed that as long as they persuaded the Danes and created the facts, the Russians would compromise.

Affected by this, the Prussian army quickly defeated the Danes on the front line. On April 9, 1849, the Prussian army entered the Jutland again.

Unlike last time's restraint, this time the Prussians compromised to persuade the Kingdom of Denmark, God blocked God and Buddha blocked all the way. April has not passed yet, and half of the Jutland Peninsula has fallen.

If the Danes had no foresight and the capital was built on the island of Zealand, the Prussian navy would be a weak chicken. It is estimated that the Prussian army would hit the Yellow Dragon directly.

He couldn't bear it, so he looked for the boss, and Nicholas I was provoked by the Prussian approach.

Do you want to see the owner when you hit the dog? He has repeatedly stopped five times, and even dared to continue military action without paying attention to him at all.

The Russians acted immediately after thinking that their dignity had been provoked.

On May 7, 1849, two Russian infantry divisions landed on the Jutland peninsula, blocking the way of the Prussian army.

Fighting is impossible, Frederick William IV counseled, and news from St. Petersburg showed that the tolerance of the Russians had reached its limit.

It is easy to wage war, but it is difficult to end it. Don't look at the fact that Frederick-William IV has suppressed the Revolutionary Party in the country, but Prussia is still not alone.

The frontline troops fought too smoothly, which is not a good thing. Now the eyes of the people have been shifted to the Putin war, and no one remembers them suppressing the revolution.

However, the aftermath of the nationalist boom has also come. The people cannot tolerate defeat, especially when the battlefield has won, and the government will make concessions.

Armistice is okay. It is not possible to abandon the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein. This is a matter of principle. Whoever dares to compromise will be a traitor.

It wasn't just Austria that helped build Prussian power. All the states of the German region contributed, including the North German states that favored the Prussians.

It can be said that the entire German region now supports Prussia spiritually. If spiritual support can be turned into substantial support, then Frederick-William IV will not need to counsel.

Vienna

"His Majesty, the Prussian ambassador to Vienna asked us for help, and after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused, they offered to collect donations for war in Austria.

According to the information we received, the Prussians have initiated fundraising in the country, and now they are targeting the entire German region. Their finances should be unsustainable. "Metne said with a smile

Fundraising? This is a wonderful idea that Franz helped the Prussian government, and the people's money is not easy to get.

If the money is not the last thing to do, how enthusiastic these people will be when they donate, how much resentment they will have in the future.

"That being the case, we will cooperate with them. The government will send someone to help them raise funds, so that people will gain momentum in the German region, and the actual fundraising will be enlarged a little bit.

On behalf of the Austrian government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has donated 10 million dongs to Prussia in support of their military operation to recover the Schleswig-Holstein duchy for the German Federation.

But do n’t rush to give them the money first, and find a reason to drag it backwards. If you ca n’t drag it anymore, you will pay in installments on the grounds of financial difficulties. Franz thought about it and said

Fraud donation door, in the 21st century, some people dare to play, Franz naturally did not mind to follow suit.

No, this is not a fraudulent donation, nor is he really not giving money.

As long as the Prussians were able to get the two German duchyes back into the embrace of the German Federation, the Austrian government gave money.

If the Prussians couldn't withstand the pressure and gave up the Principality of Schleswig-Holstein, which was already in hand, the money would naturally not have to be given.

By the way, the people of the German states should be urged to protest at the entrance of the Prussian embassy and allow them to refund their hard-earned money.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Metternich replied.

I do n’t know how happy the Prussian representative will be when he hears this news, maybe he wo n’t be excited?

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