Chapter 402： Paskevich: Danube troops, don't move!

Just when Jerome Bonaparte and Metternich had a secret meeting, in the imperial village on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, thousands of miles away, a meeting concerning the life and death of the entire Balkan region was being held secretly in the Yekaterina Palace.

Attending the meeting were: Tsar Nicholas I, Count Orlov, head of the "Third Section", Prince Menshkov, and Prince Paskevich, who hastily returned from the two principalities of the Danube.

And what they want to discuss is about the measures and punishments that the Russian Empire should take against the Ottoman Empire.

Since the 25th of last month, the Ottoman Grand Council sternly rejected all proposals put forward by Menshkov, the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire immediately fell into a freezing point.

At the same time, Canning, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, also came to Menshkov and warned Menshkov that during the negotiation, the Russian Empire should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and should not treat some unequal treaties Imposing on the head of the Ottoman Empire, otherwise he will send the British Mediterranean Fleet to the vicinity of the Bosphorus to ensure the security of the Ottoman Empire.

In the face of Canning's naked threat of war, Menshkov, who has always been indifferent, panicked for a while. He could only reassure Canning that the Russian Empire was only for the interests of the Orthodox Christians and had absolutely no intention of annexing the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

Canning was reluctant to believe anything about Menshkov's assurances. Based on the need for procrastination, he could only pretend to believe in Menshkov's guarantee, and at the same time remind him that he could relax the conditions appropriately, and then talk to the Ottoman Empire.

Facts have proved that the Russian Empire also has no confidence, and at the same time provokes Britain and France, the two continental powers, to fight them.

Canning's tactical fraud was successful, and Menshkov began to take a small step back on the basis of the original conditions, and then gave the Ottoman Grand Council nearly two weeks to think about it.

On June 10th, the Ottoman Empire's Grand Council began again. This time, the hard-line members led by Rehed became tougher under Canning's suggestion, and some members of the appeasement faction also acquiesced to Muhammad Canning. It began to move closer to the hardliners.

The entire Ottoman Grand Council has become the world of the hardliners, and in the end the hardliners of the Ottoman Empire "smashed" the appeasement members with an overwhelming advantage and controlled the empire's diplomatic strategy.

In order to show support for the "hardliners", the leader of the "appeasement" Muhammad Ali was replaced by the Ottoman sultan and replaced by Rehed. Foreign Minister Rifat Pasha was also replaced by the French-friendly Fuad Effendi at the request of Valewski's robbery.

The original prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, Muhammad Ali, was appointed by the Sultan as the army commander again, and he became a member of the "main war faction".

When the Ottoman Empire handed the deliberation documents of the Great Council to Menshkov, Menshkov realized that he was like a clown being toyed with.

Such humiliation caused Menshkov to curse at the Ottoman government officials, Ambassador Canning, and Ambassador Wallevsky. He accused them of complicity and blasphemy against Britain and France.

After the abuse was over, Menshkov could only issue an "ultimatum" to the Ottoman Empire.

If the Ottoman Empire does not change its diplomatic strategy by June 14, the Russian Empire will withdraw its embassy in Constantinople.

After two days passed quickly, the Ottoman Empire showed no signs of wavering. Instead, the anti-Russian actions within Constantinople intensified under the instigation of the religious leaders of the pacifist religion and the official connivance.

The outside of the Russian embassy in the Ottoman Empire has been filled with stinky, sticky egg liquid, and the walls of the embassy are also covered with words such as "Russian invaders get out" and "God will destroy the infidels".

If it wasn't for the official block, the incited citizens would have rushed directly into the Russian embassy and smashed rotten eggs on Menshkov's face.

The current Ottoman Empire has been kidnapped by fanatical patriotism and religious love, and no one dares to say a good word for the Russian Empire at this time.

Those citizens who greeted Menshkov's ethnic minorities in Constantinople on a rainy day were also found out by someone with a heart, and the ancient lynching was resurrected in this semi-modern city.

Overnight, the shops of ethnic minorities and Orthodox beliefs were looted, and the shop managers were brutally killed.

The brutal racial and religious vendettas were staged again.

On June 15, Menshkov, who had completely lost patience with the Ottoman Empire, left in chaos, along with the Russian ambassador to the Ottomans and the staff of the embassy.

The Russian national emblem that once hung on the Russian embassy in Constantinople has also been removed, which means that the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire have completely become two countries with no diplomatic key, waiting for them only to war This way can go.

Menshkov left Constantinople aboard the steam battleship "Thunder" and arrived at the Odessa naval base that night.

Menshkov, who arrived at the Odessa naval base, did not make too many stops, but took the night bus to return to the Imperial Village of St. Petersburg. He wanted to personally report the news to Nicholas I.

Taking into account the safety of Prince Menshkov, Lieutenant General Kornilov urgently dispatched a group of Cossack cavalry to the safety of Menshkov in the middle of the night.

After two days and two nights of uninterrupted running, the carriage finally arrived at the Imperial Village on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on the afternoon of the 17th.

When Menshkov reported the news to the Tsar, he was first abused by Nicholas I, who after a while stopped the abuse and pondered whether the Russian Empire should take military action.

That is, under such hesitation, Nicholas I called Paskevich and others on June 18.

"Tell me! What do you think!" When Nicholas I told all the people present about the experience and experience of Menshkov, he subconsciously glanced at Paskevich, who was the commander of the Danube, and then returned to He looked around and asked.

"Your Majesty, there is no doubt that the Ottoman Empire made such a reply out of provocation to the Empire! I suggest that war should be declared against the Ottoman Empire immediately. Only by teaching those fanatical heretics hard can they recognize their position. So I don't dare to do anything to provoke the Russian Empire again!" The first one who jumped out was Count Orlov, the "third division", who was good at figuring out the holy will and said to Nicholas I immediately.

Nicholas I glanced at Count Orlov and nodded slightly, as if to affirm Count Orlov's words.

Subsequently, Nicholas I turned his attention to Paskevich, the commander of the Danube Principality.

Seeing this, Paskevich had no choice but to say: "I think the empire should be more cautious at this stage. Behind the Ottoman Empire stands Britain and France! If you are not careful, you may face the combined force of the whole of them. Siege."

Paskevich's voice just fell, and he found that Nicholas I was staring at him with an unpleasant expression, as if he was observing the enemy.

However, Nicholas I did not refute Paskevich, but asked the client Menshkov to talk about his views.

Prince Menshkov, who did not want to offend Paskevich too much, first agreed with Paskevich's cautious thinking, and then changed the subject and criticized the Ottoman Empire as best he could.

In his mouth, oh fight, your country has become a heinous country, and the Russian Empire should destroy them on behalf of justice.

According to Menshkov, as long as the fleet at the Sevastopol naval base of the Russian Empire annihilates the fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the fleets of Britain and France will no longer be entangled with the Russian Empire, and the Russian Empire can take Constantine calmly. Dinburgh.

Nicholas I also felt a little unreliable for Menshkov's military plan that was close to the Showa staff.

Immediately, he turned his attention to Prince Paskevich again: "Paskevich, what is your reason?"

"Your Majesty, once the Russian Empire crosses the border to attack the Ottoman Empire, it is very likely to lead to a war that affects the whole of Europe! The Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia are likely to be forced to attack the Russian Empire under the pressure of Britain and France!" Skevich raised his concerns.

"Impossible! It is absolutely impossible for the Austrian Empire to attack the empire! Paskevich, you are overthinking it!" Nicholas I said to Paskevich immediately.

Nicholas I's confidence in his personal relationship with Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph

In addition, he also solved the Hungarian problem for Austria in 1849, and he believed that Franz Joseph would join him.

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If Austria were on his side, there would be no European war and the Turks would be forced to admit defeat.

And the regent of the Kingdom of Prussia, William, will also follow the Austrian Empire to fall to the Russian Empire.

However, he did not know that the Austrian "brother" he was thinking of had sent someone to the French Empire to discuss betraying the Russian Empire.

In the face of the self-confident Tsar Nicholas I, Paskevich could only change his strategy. He reported to Nicholas I that he sent personnel to the Ottoman Empire scene to promote Pan-Slavism, in an attempt to use Pan-Slavism. The fantasies of ideology moved Tsar Nicholas I to suspend his actions against the Ottoman Empire.

In Paskevich's vivid words, Nicholas I seemed to see the picture of thousands of Slavs charging and breaking Constantinople under the call of the tsar's banner, and finally he agreed with Paskevich. Strange advice.

Nicholas I issued an order to Paskevich to suspend the attack on the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time issued an order to the two principalities of the Danube to stop paying tribute to the Ottoman Empire.