Chapter 703： Anglo-French goodwill

After solving the "Sword of Damocles" entrenched in Petersburg, Duke Golitsyn quickly declared to the Kingdom of Great Britain, the French Empire, Sardinia and the Kingdom of Great Britain the "new government" authorized by Nicholas I. The Asian Kingdom, the Swedish Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire issued a request for peace talks.

Duke Golitsyn declared to the public: The new government is committed to maintaining bilateral relations with the Western world, and hopes that Britain and France can negotiate and cooperate with each other on the basis of mutual respect!

The British cabinet, who had no idea what was going on in St. Petersburg, was particularly sluggish in the face of St. Petersburg's request.

Although Palmerston held several cabinet meetings in succession, the British cabinet never reached a consensus.

Palmerston had no choice but to go to Windsor Castle to seek help from Prince Albert.

Led by the butler, Palmerston entered a guest room in Windsor Castle.

Here, he saw Prince Albert standing with his hands behind his back.

"Your Highness!" Palmerston bowed slightly to Prince Albert, showing respect.

"Prime Minister Palmerston, please sit down!" Prince Albert invited Palmerston to sit down, and then poured a cup of black tea for Palmerston and himself.

Palmerston then tentatively asked Albert how he should treat Duke Golitsyn's invitation to peace talks in long and tongue-in-cheek Mandarin.

"Prime Minister Palmerston, it's up to you!" Albert took a sip of his black tea and responded to Palmerston with a smile, "Because, you are the irreplaceable core of the entire cabinet!"

"I..." Palmerston pondered for a long time, he didn't understand whether Albert's words were praising him or hurting him.

After all, his recent actions were indeed a little too inflated.

(Because some time ago, the British and French troops achieved a decisive success in capturing Suomenlinna. The self-confident Palmerston ignored the warnings of the French Empire and insisted on relying on Britain's own strength to seize the military port of Kronstadt, and was killed by Kronstadt. The Russian army in the military port directly taught a lesson, and nearly 6,000 British soldiers were almost wiped out)

"His Royal Highness, the royal family is the undisputed core of the whole of Britain! The cabinet is nothing more than an institution that helps the royal family to manage Britain easily!" Palmerston humbly bowed to Prince Albert.

Seeing that the beating on Palmerston had achieved certain results, Albert simply didn't bother to sell his words. He responded to Palmerston in a casual tone: "However, I have heard some news here! I don't know about Palmerston. Would Prime Minister Marston be willing to listen!"

"Your Highness, please speak!" Prime Minister Palmerston hurriedly asked Prince Albert.

Prince Albert told Palmerston that just a day earlier, Queen Augusta of Paris had sent them a telegram saying that she was about to give birth, and at the end of the telegram, Augusta The queen vaguely mentioned what was going on in St. Petersburg, and expressed the emotion of "I hope the Romanov family can be safe".

After listening to Albert's words, Palmerston immediately realized what was happening in St. Petersburg. Not to mention France, at least France should be an insider. He only needed to ask the French ambassador for his views on the new government. That's it.

Palmerston hurriedly thanked Prince Albert, who would have had to work like a headless fly for a while if it weren't for Prince Albert.

After clarifying his thoughts three times, Palmerston hurriedly bid farewell to Albert, who smiled and waved his hand.

Prime Minister Palmerston, who returned from Windsor Castle to No. 10 Downing Street, personally invited the French ambassador to Britain to a restaurant for dinner.

During the meal, Prime Minister Palmerston politely asked the French ambassador to Britain what he thought of the new government formed by Duke Golitsyn.

"Mr. Palmerston, in what capacity are you asking me this question?" Valette, the ambassador to Britain, asked sternly.

After a moment of hesitation, Palmerston responded to Wallette, "Wallette, of course I am a friend!"

"Since it's a friend, then I'll open it up!" Of course Valette did not believe in the so-called friend status, and the reason why he was willing to tell him this was entirely because of an order from Paris. Now that the Russian Empire is in power, we will talk to whomever!"

"So, you want to have peace talks with the government led by Golitsyn?" Palmerston asked subconsciously.

"I didn't say that!" Valette immediately retorted, "This is entirely your own guesswork!"

Prime Minister Palmerston shrugged with a helpless smile on his face.

"It means that as long as Duke Golitsyn is willing to maintain the monarchy and cede part of Russia's interests, it is not impossible to have a conversation!" Valette lowered his voice and then responded to Palmerston: "After all, our Isn't the purpose to bring the Russian Empire to its knees?"

"Where's the Crimea?" Palmerston then asked.

"We can talk too!" Valette replied to Palmerston, "Our aim is to weaken the Russian Empire, not to help them maintain power!

Whoever sells more benefits, we will favor whoever! "

"I understand!" Palmerston nodded hastily.

Afterwards, Palmerston left the meal early on the grounds that he was busy with official business, and left Vallet to eat alone.

After Wallett was full, the restaurant manager handed Wallet another cheque worth 10,000 pounds and told him that it was a little favor from the restaurant for him.

Wallett, who received the cheque, naturally understood that this cheque was Palmerston's payment to him.

After all, diplomatic ambassadors are allowed to tout some undisclosed foreign policy without interfering with their own interests.

This is also an unspoken rule of diplomacy.

"Thank your boss for me!" Valette said to the restaurant manager with a smile, then got up and left the restaurant.

Two more days passed, and Sardinia first began to respond to Duke Golitsyn's request for peace talks.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is willing to talk to all forces that are willing to maintain peace in Europe... In other words, the Kingdom of Sardinia means that it is willing to accept the new government under the leadership of Duke Golitsyn.

This response can be described as a single stone that stirred up a thousand waves. Although the Kingdom of Sardinia is said to be a second-tier power in Europe, the French Empire is behind it.

These words that Sardinia said to the outside world are likely to be the meaning of the French Empire.

The reason why the French Empire was reluctant to issue this statement in its own name was probably due to concerns about the legal deficiencies of the new government formed by Duke Golitsyn.

As a result, Palmerston also imitated the behavior of the French Empire wearing a vest.

That afternoon, the Kingdom of Sweden also followed closely behind the Kingdom of Sardinia, announcing that it is willing to cooperate with the Russian Empire on bilateral issues and jointly maintain peace in Europe.

Early the next morning, Duke Golitsyn once again declared that he was willing to conduct friendly consultations with the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sweden to jointly resolve some controversial issues. "Being able to send envoys to the Russian Empire to talk face-to-face.

This proposal of Duke Golitsyn was quickly approved by the "Kingdom of Sweden" and "Kingdom of Sardinia". They claimed that they would send a special envoy to St. Petersburg to negotiate in the near future, hoping that the Russian Empire could be maintained during this period. Order in St. Petersburg!

Duke Golitsyn, who received the reply from "Kingdom of Sweden" and "Kingdom of Sardinia", said excitedly to Andrew Nikolayev Golitsyn beside him: "We succeeded! Unexpectedly, they actually Will use this method to help us!"

Andrew Nikolayev Golitsyn, who was a little bit sensitive to political issues, asked Duke Golitsyn suspiciously how Britain and France helped them!

Duke Golitsyn told him that Britain and France were helping them in disguise by asking them to "maintain order in St. Petersburg." UU reading

"I still don't understand!" Andrew Nikolaev Golitsyn was still puzzled.

Duke Golitsyn explained to him that now the nobles and citizens of the Russian Empire do not want to continue fighting. It can be said that peace talks with Britain and France are the common long-cherished wish of the entire Russian Empire. Now Britain and France propose to form a new government with him. Conducting peace talks is equivalent to acknowledging the legitimacy of the government he leads to a certain extent, and "maintaining the order in St. Petersburg" is a warning to those nobles who want to launch a rebellion in Petersburg to be a little more honest during the peace talks.

Otherwise, the hope of peace talks will be shattered in a blink of an eye.

Duke Golitsyn believed that even if the Russian nobles of St. Petersburg hated him now, they would not kill him at this time.

If the peace talks fail, their wealth will shrink further.

In terms of maintaining the tsarist system and maintaining personal property, most nobles will probably choose to maintain personal property.

Therefore, they can take advantage of this period of time to rectify the entire St. Petersburg.

"So it is!" Andrew Nikolaev Golitsyn woke up from a dream, then shook his head and said with emotion: "I really am not suitable for politics!"

"Then you can honestly take care of the army for me!" Duke Golitsyn said briskly, and then asked Andrew Nikolaev Golitsyn to send the head of the third hall, Nikolai O. Erlov called over.

"Yes!" Andrew turned and left.

After a while, Nikolai Orlov appeared in front of Duke Golitsyn.

Duke Golitsyn told Nikolai Orlov that from now on the third chamber will be given the function of the Public Security Committee, responsible for eliminating all those who are unfavorable to the new regime.