Chapter 506： Vienna Conference (1)

"Your Majesty, this is De Luis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Empire!"

Count Bauer walked between Franz Joseph and De Ruiz to introduce Franz Joseph, and then introduced Franz Joseph and Princess Helen to De Ruiz: "Mr Ruiz, Standing in front of you is His Majesty Joseph Franz, Emperor of the Austrian Empire, and his unmarried... (Count Bauer suddenly noticed the displeasure on Franz Joseph's face, and immediately changed his mouth to say) His wife Princess Helen !"

When Princess Helen, who was standing beside Joseph Franz, heard that Count Bauer called her "girlfriend" instead of "fiancee", a look of sadness flashed in her eyes.

After all, the emperor still didn't like her, even if she had the support of Empress Dowager Sophie, she was still no match for her sister.

Thinking of this, Princess Helen couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but Franz Joseph, who was standing beside him, didn't know it, because Joseph Franz put all his attention on Minister De Luiz's. body.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness!" De Luiz saluted the two most respected people in the Austrian Empire in front of him.

"Mr. De Luiz!" Franz Joseph nodded slightly, and said to De Luiz with a hint of arrogance in his words.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" De Luiz responded humbly to Franz Joseph.

"Mr. Luis, I don't know whether you came here with flowers or a long gun and a short cannon when you arrived in the Austrian Empire this time!" Franz Joseph said in the most insipid tone, making everyone present face a big face. change words.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall showed different changes on their faces, ranging from surprise (De Ruiz), panic (Prince Metternich), panic (Count Bauer), and surprise. (Count Orlov).

Although de Ruiz didn't know why Franz Joseph was talking about such an explosive topic on this occasion, but adhering to the diplomat's choice, De Ruiz still chose to express his attitude with a vague point of view .

"Your Majesty, of course I came with flowers and blessings! In this sacred palace, I can't carry guns at all!" De Ruiz straightened his body and spoke to Franz in a calm tone. Joseph responded: "I can swear to you here that I will spend my life defending the friendship between France and Austria!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the faces of Count Bauer and Prince Metternich gradually became peaceful, and Count Orlov, who was hiding in the crowd, frowned and thought to himself.

As the initiator of everything, Franz Joseph's eyes also became friendly under the firm and calm gaze of De Ruiz.

"Mr. De Ruiz, thank you for your support of the Austrian Empire!" Franz Joseph replied softly De Ruiz: "I believe... um! The friendship between our two countries will last until the end of the world. The end! May God bless it!"

Franz Joseph's feeble response made De Luiz feel dull.

If his monarch Jérôme Bonaparte had answered the question, he would have received a statement of great confidence.

De Ruiz believed that even when faced with great difficulties, Jerome Bonaparte would deal with it with confidence.

This natural leader (or performative) personality is deeply loved by the people of Paris.

And in the stagnant Austrian court, never try to train such a person.

"I also firmly believe that the friendship between our two countries will not change because of the change of time!" De Luiz said firmly.

After a brief meeting between the two sides, De Luiz returned to the crowd, while Franz Joseph continued to stand in the crowd and enjoy the stars.

However, Franz Joseph himself doesn't seem to like this feeling very much.

De Ruiz, who entered the crowd, soon met the Austrian ambassador to France. The two sides exchanged information and then parted ways.

After that, De Ruiz met the British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Clarendon.

"How long have you been here?"

"Arrived a day earlier than you!"

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After a brief chat between the two sides, they entered the topic.

From the mouth of Count Clarendon, De Ruiz learned that this time the negotiator sent by the Russian Empire, Count Orlov.

Hearing this news, De Ruiz had a surprised expression on his face: "Why did Nicholas I let a policeman to participate in this negotiation? Could it be that the Russian Imperial Foreign Ministry has been unable to find a qualified negotiator? "

Count Clarendon shrugged and whispered with a half-smile: "Perhaps the current Tsar Nicholas really can't find a suitable candidate! And I heard that the Russian Empire's foreign minister, Nesher Roddy, has now been arrested. Nicholas I was excluded from the system of rights!"

"Such a guess is quite reasonable!" De Luiz nodded and replied to Count Clarendon.

Then there was a mocking expression on De Luiz's face: "However, for a policeman to handle major diplomatic matters, Tsar Nicholas I's government agency is really free to do as he pleases!"

"Who said no!" Earl Clarendon also sighed with emotion.

After the exchange of information between Count Clarendon and De Luiz was over, Count Clarendon and De Luiz parted.

After the separation, De Luiz went to other regions to talk with the diplomatic ambassadors of other countries, hoping to find some useful information on them.

However, to De Luiz's disappointment, he did not collect any useful information after going back and forth for several times.

With all the guests present, the banquet officially began.

De Ruiz and Lord Clarendon were placed first and second on the right of Franz Joseph, and Count Orlov was placed third on the left of Franz Joseph . (The first and second are Count Bauer and Bach, Minister of the Interior)

This arrangement made the guests at the banquet have to think about it, and Count Orlov remained gloomy and did not say a word during the entire banquet.

After the banquet was over, De Ruiz was specially invited by Count Bauer to discuss with him at his castle on the outskirts of Vienna.

The two sides once again reached an agreement on the issue of the two principalities of the Danube, and the French Empire did not oppose the Austrian Empire to maintain its interests in the Duchy of the Danube.

Correspondingly, the Austrian Empire needs to stand on the side of the French Empire in the war between the French Empire and the Russian Empire, and urge the Russian Empire to withdraw from the Danube Principality as soon as possible. At the same time, the Austrian Empire should also declare war with the Russian Empire as soon as possible.

Regarding the "declaration of war on the Russian Empire" in the agreement that the Austrian Empire needs to implement, Count Bauer still maintains an ambiguous attitude.

However, Count Bauer promised that if the troops of the Russian Empire did not want to leave the Danube Principality within the stipulated time, then the Austrian Empire would declare war on it.

At this point, De Luis reluctantly accepted the Count of Bauer.

Because in his opinion, the Russian Empire will not give up, and the Austrian Empire will sooner or later be involved in the war. (Actually De Luiz guessed wrong, the Russian Empire did not declare war on the Austrian Empire)

After the negotiation between De Luiz and the Count of Bauer, De Luiz was informed that the Quartet Talks (England, France, Russia and Austria) will be held at the Schönbrunn Palace on April 6. I hope that De Luiz will not forget to attend. .

De Ruiz assured the Count of Bauer that he would come to attend on time.

Time flies, and soon it will be April 6th.

De Ruiz, Count Clarendon, Count Orlov and Count Bauer gathered in a room of Schönbrunn Palace to discuss.

Compared with the star-studded Vienna Conference, the current Quartet talks are particularly poor.

The Quartet talks began with a speech by the host, Count Bauer, who still used the clichés of "maintaining peace in Europe" and "maintaining the harmony of the monarchy" as the opening of the talks.

After the opening speech of Count Bauer, Count Clarendon immediately turned on his fire. He accused the Russian imperial government of destroying peace in Europe...especially the peace in the Near East in the recent period. Count Clarendon proposed that the Russian Empire should Under the surveillance of Britain, France and Austria, they withdrew from the two principalities of the Danube, and at the same time promised not to infringe the interests of the Ottoman Empire under any pretext in the future. Only in this way will the United Kingdom conclude peace with the Russian Empire, and the Russian Empire has now been repelled by the British and French coalition forces. If the Russian Empire persists again it will not be long before Britain and France enter the territory of the Russian Empire. Set fire to the Russian Empire itself.

As soon as Count Clarendon spoke, Count Orlov immediately argued that the reason why the Russian Empire attacked the Ottoman Empire was entirely out of Tsar Nicholas I's sympathy for the oppressed Slavs in the Ottoman Empire (when Orlov There is a hint of hostility on Count Bauer's face when he said this), the Russian Empire will never give up their Yugoslav brothers, and Orlov also hopes that the French Empire and the British Kingdom can join the Russian Empire to protect the Religious order.

At the same time, Count Orlov firmly denied Clarendon's statement that the Russian Empire had been repelled. He told the Earl of Clarendon that the Russian Empire had retreated mainly because they had completed the first phase and were now moving towards the second.

"I would like to ask what is the mission of the first stage of the Russian Empire? Could it be that the retreat is your staged mission?" De Luiz immediately mocked.

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