Chapter 176： cost

St. Petersburg

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karl Vosel said with a frown, "His Majesty, the news came from the Minister in Paris, Louis-Napoleon-Bonabas was restored on January 1, 1852, calling himself Napoleon III."

After hearing the restoration of Napoleon III, Nicholas I became angry. In his opinion, the Napoleon family broke out, and was not qualified to serve as French emperor.

This is not only his personal opinion, but also tangible benefits. Napoleon relied on popular election to break the tradition of "monarchial deities" and shook the foundations of all monarchy countries in Europe. This is also the origin of the anti-French war.

It was difficult to suppress this fallacy and now restore Napoleon III. Isn't this insulting all the participants in the Vienna Conference? The most important thing is to insult Alexander I.

What made him even more angry was that Napoleon III dared to challenge the majesty of the Russian Empire. After the outbreak of the Holy Land crisis, the French government intervened and shaken the Russians' control of the Orthodox Church.

With new hatreds added, Nicholas I naturally could not acknowledge the legitimacy of Napoleon III. If the distance between the two parties is not too far, he has used practical actions to let the French know the power of the Russian Empire.

Nicholas I said disdainfully: "It really is a little cockroach, but he just plays some tricks that don't flow in.

The Minister in France was ordered to send a diplomatic note to the French government, condemning the shameless conduct of Louis-Napoleon-Bonabah's usurpation, and ordering him to abdicate immediately. "

The restoration of Napoleon III was naturally a swift and chaotic one. In order to avoid interference by international forces, the specific time was kept secret.

In Nicholas I ’s opinion, this was a small family spirit, without the majesty of a monarch, and not worthy of being a member of a monarchy.

Karl-Worcel advised: "Your Majesty, let's not answer hard like this, it will continue to worsen relations between the two countries."

If you do n’t admit it, you will not admit it, and you will also send a diplomatic note to disgusting Napoleon III. This will undoubtedly worsen the relationship between France and Russia.

Due to the distance, Russia's influence on France is not great. This diplomatic censure makes Napoleon III face ugly in the beginning.

Anyway, even if the Tsarist government roared again, Napoleon III could not abdicate. At this step, no matter what was ahead, he would continue to go on.

Nicholas I said disdainfully: "Whatever you fear, you will offend if you offend. Anyway, the Russian-French relationship is like this. What could be worse?"

Breaking the jar and breaking, this is the attitude of Nicholas I. Not his impulse, but on the Ottoman issue, the contradictions between France and Russia have heated up, the two sides are not willing to compromise, and the possibility of reconciliation is almost zero.

In the face of Nicholas I's decision, Foreign Minister Karl Wosser will naturally not respond. What's the matter of the French life and death?

"Yes, Your Majesty," Carl Worthell replied.

The topic shifted and said: "His Majesty, the negotiations in Constantinople have been determined to be fruitless. With the support of the British and French Ottoman Empire, this time will not give in. Our next step can be started.

In other words, war is coming, and now a plausible excuse is needed. Affected by European culture, the Tsarist government is not so reckless at that time, and knows the importance of being a torii.

Nicholas I nodded, then said: "Order the Duke of Menshkov to issue an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire. If they still refuse our goodwill, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will choose an excuse!"

Goodwill, who feels the "goodwill" of the Tsarist government? Their appetite is so big, no matter how weak the Sudanese government is, they must resist it?

Compromise is chronic suicide. There is still a glimmer of vitality in the resistance. With the support of Britain and France, the Ottoman Empire is not completely without chance.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Replied Carl Worthel.

Excuses will always be found, the Ottoman Empire itself is decaying, there are too many messy things, and it is too easy to pick their thorns.

Constantinople is the dream of several generations of the Tsarist government. This is not only pure military value and economic value, but also contains great political value and religious value.

In short, as long as the Tsarist government can successfully capture Constantinople, even the worst losses are acceptable.

In this respect, Nicholas II was too stupid in history, and ran to death with the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If he bullies the Ottoman Empire first and takes Constantinople, relying on the political and religious blessings, he can completely overwhelm all contradictions in the country.

In this respect, Nicholas I ’s strategy was completely correct, and he regained Constantinople. With strong prestige, it would be much easier to go home and carry out reform.

Internal contradictions in Russia have actually attracted the attention of the Tsarist government, but the opposition group is too powerful, and Nicholas I did not dare to act lightly.

Many senior Russians, including Nicholas I himself, opposed serfdom, but unfortunately in the face of the entire aristocracy, they all counseled.

Now the tsarist government has pinned its expectations on this Russian-Turkish war. As long as it takes Constantinople behind, everything is good. If it fails, there is no way but to risk internal reform.

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Paris

After the successful restoration of Napoleon III, the country did not immediately stabilize, and the strength of the opposition was still strong. On January 12, an anti-imperialist uprising broke out in Paris.

Half a month later, the uprising spread to more than 20 provinces such as Toulouse, Marseille, Limoges, Perpignan, Ballena, Toulon, Bordeaux and other provinces.

At this time the role of buying off officers was reflected. Napoleon III responded much better than the July dynasty, and immediately ordered the suppression of the rebellion.

Thirty-two provinces across the country have entered martial law. In just one month, more than 26,000 people have been arrested, and more than 10,000 have been exiled. White terror has flooded France.

Due to the lack of effective organization of the insurgents, they dispersed across the country to fight and were quickly suppressed.

Having settled on the throne, Napoleon III's troubles also came. The first is the financial crisis. In the process of restoration, in order to buy people's hearts, Napoleon III significantly increased everyone's salary.

For example, the annual salary of a congressman is 30,000 francs, the annual salary of a state councilor is 2.5 francs, and the annual salary of ministers is 40,000 francs. Those who have part-time jobs have multiple salaries.

Napoleon himself also holds an annual salary of 26 million francs. Compared to the annual financial revenue of 1.2 billion to 1.3 billion francs in France, the annuity of the emperor only accounts for 2.1%, which does not seem to be too high.

However, the account obviously cannot be counted this way. The treatment at the upper level has increased. Can the salary of the lower level civil servants not rise?

There is no doubt that Napoleon III was a good leader who cares about the standard of living of everyone, so French civil servants are happy and the era of "high salaries" has come.

Government officials have been paid higher, and Napoleon III has not forgotten that the army on the same front as him has been promoted, promoted, and paid.

Even the Catholic Church that supported him received a grant of 42.8 million francs in 1852. Compared with the Emperor Franz who took the church as soon as he came to power, Napoleon III was obviously a good boy.

In the new emperor's throne, in this universal day, Napoleon III also considered the interests of ordinary people and abolished a series of harsh donations and miscellaneous taxes.

Then everyone was happy and shouted "Long live the emperor", the only problem was finances.

With expenditures and incomes increasing and decreasing, the French government's finances are not far from bankruptcy.

Playing with people is the strength of Napoleon III, but he is still a novice when it comes to administering the country. This is just the beginning.

In order to consolidate his rule, Napoleon III also expanded the ranks of civil servants, and French administrative officials expanded from 470,000 to 620,000.

It is worth mentioning that, in response to the crisis in the Near East, Napoleon III was preparing to continue to expand the army, but was forced to shelve this plan because of financial difficulties.

Looking at the financial statements of Binglin's bankruptcy, Napoleon III asked with a headache: "Ruue

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