v3 Chapter 187： "Gothenburg Peace", Opp Compromise

The three marriages announced by Denmark on November 18, 1864 shocked the world.

At the same time, Denmark announced its marriage to the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the British Empire.

Although Prince George's marriage with the United Kingdom is only the second son of Christian IX and does not belong to the crown prince, the marriage object is Queen Victoria's fifth child and third daughter Princess Helena.

But the marriage between the two countries at this time is enough to prove the attitude of the United Kingdom, that is, the United Kingdom has obviously made up its mind to protect the Kingdom of Denmark from the invasion of the German Confederation.

In the same way, Sweden and Tsarist Russia share the same thoughts.

Obviously, the joint action of Austria and Prussia has shocked and vigilant all major countries. If the Baltic Sea outlet falls into the hands of the two countries, it will be disastrous for other countries.

That's why there was this collective marriage at the same time.

William IV even jokingly told his wife Alexandra that Christian IX was a blessing in disguise this time.

Alexandra also agrees, because her father's king's position is unstable. Under the frequent provocations of the German Confederation, it seems that the position has been shaken by the pro-German faction in Denmark and the crisis of wanting to be removed from power is finally overcome. Yes, but the hidden danger has not been eliminated.

This is my father's heart disease.

She looked at William IV and was deeply moved, because when he was being accused of William IV, his son-in-law, for not helping Denmark resist the German Confederate invasion, and even when there were insults and other disrespectful words to her husband in Denmark, William IV The fourth is still very graceful to her as always.

Moreover, she had to admit that she once questioned whether her husband's attitude towards Denmark was friendly enough, but after that time, she was conquered.

Because the idea of ​​this marriage to break the attack of the German Confederation came from her husband Wilhelm.

The advice in that letter from home was exactly William's idea.

Now that his brothers and sisters are married to the Netherlands, Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the British Empire, who would dare to question his father Christian IX's position as king? After all, even these countries are willing to marry, so questioning his Status, is to question the recognition ability of these countries?

With the formation of the marriage of the four countries in Denmark, it is time for the two countries to stop, but it remains to be seen what decision will be made, but in Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands judged that it should not be used. Worry about being attacked by Opp.

William IV looked at his wife, Queen Alexandra, who smiled reassuringly again, and secretly said helplessly: "Actually, I don't want to help Denmark, Alexandra, you think me too noble, because I It's just a piece of land in Denmark."

But of course William IV wouldn't say it.

As the news of the Kingdom of Denmark's marriage to Britain, Russia, and Switzerland was confirmed by the three countries, the dust finally settled.

Different countries have different ideas.

Portugal and Italy are disappointed, because Denmark is pro-Dutch, which can be seen from Denmark's position at the last London meeting.

And the German Confederation headed by Austria and Portugal is too powerful. If the pro-Dutch Denmark can be used to weaken the two countries, which are a huge threat to them, it will be a good harvest without paying a little price. The cake thing.

During this period of time, the casualties started from the single digits to hundreds, thousands, and 10,000. In the end, the casualties on both sides reached more than 100,000. This made Italy and Portugal inexplicably excited, and even Emmanuel II was excited. Can't sleep.

Louis I was worthy of being his son-in-law, and he was also excited to drink a lot of Portugal every day before falling asleep.

Now, with the marriage of the Kingdom of Denmark, the predicament was solved in an instant, which made them unhappy, but also felt that they couldn't turn their minds around this version of Denmark's operation. .

Hannover and Saxony and other members of the German Confederacy are even more helpless. Now they realize that after so long, they have not caught anything, and they have also hated their relationship with Denmark. Now Schleswig and Holstein are almost all there. In the hands of Opp, this made them both envious and fortunate, and they couldn't help but want to take the opportunity to ask for benefits in the German Confederation Parliament.

On the Austrian side, Joseph I and Archduke Rainer Ferdinand were even more stunned.

However, neither of them was disappointed, because with the war in Schleswig, Austria seems to be somewhat lacking in domestic troops. The war is still going on in Ethiopia in the south, and Denmark in the north is entangled here. Fighting, which makes Austria feel difficult.

Therefore, if it ends at this time, Austria can breathe a sigh of relief.

The two looked at each other and understood that this was the best result for Austria.

Joseph I said: "The result is very important. On Holstein and Schleswig, our interests cannot be taken away by Prussia. Therefore, the government must close it."

Archduke Ferdinand is naturally indispensable Bismarck in Berlin also looked at Denmark in surprise. Although he knew that Denmark was operating a request for help some time ago, he did not know that Denmark would actually make such a move. Tactics to win over countries, although I don't know what the price Denmark pays, but obviously the price of being able to win over countries will not be small.

He quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind, and finally he bitterly discovered that the result was that if they attacked again, the benefits to Prussia would be small and pitiful, and the offenders would be more. It will bring more obstacles to their future imperial advancement path.

"Fortunately, the heart of the Germans has finally been condensed, and at the same time, Austria's combat strength has been weakened. This has completed the support plan between me and His Majesty and Mao Qi. It is not a failure, but it is Schleswig, if you don't take it down completely, it's cheaper than Denmark."

On November 25, 1864, with the announcement of the Danish marriage, the United Kingdom, Tsarist Russia, Sweden and the Netherlands were the four major Danish marriage target countries to test the pressure on Austria and Prussia in the German Confederation, demanding to stop waging war.

Seeing that the stated goal of the war city has almost been achieved, and at the same time, because they are worried that the expansion of the war will lead to the intervention of Britain, Russia, Switzerland or the Netherlands, etc., Prussia and Austria have decided to take it as soon as possible.

The two countries knew that any further war would be unfavorable and that if the relationship between these countries was bad, the gains would outweigh the losses, so they stopped and started negotiations in Gothenburg, Sweden.

And two days later, on November 27th, Denmark, Prussia, and Austria signed the "Gothenburg Contract", in which...