Chapter 313: Peacekeeping Forces
Chapter 303 The Peacekeeping Force
On November 26, 1858, the Franco-Saxon conflict, triggered by the assassination case, officially began negotiations.
As the host and part-time victim, the French representative Auvergne said with an angry face, “I’m sure you’re all aware of what happened, the great His Majesty Napoleon III was assassinated by an evil organization.
And the murderer is still at large, the peace-loving France sent a note to the Sardinian Kingdom at the first opportunity after the incident.
As a result, the relationship between the Sardinian government and the evil organization is much deeper than we expected. Instead of arresting the murderers, they gave them shelter, ignoring the good advice of France.
Now we are here to announce that if the Sardinian government is incapable of apprehending the murderers and bringing them to justice, we do not rule out the possibility of taking strong measures.”
Auvergne was obviously not a simple character, never mentioning the matter of compensation, catching the apprehension of the murderers and not letting go of it, to win everyone’s sympathy and support.
The threat of force was just a sign of their tough attitude, never mentioning the matter of asking the Sardinian Kingdom to cede land and pay compensation, which was completely different from what the two countries had communicated privately before.
Prime Minister Cavour had a headache, his opponent was obviously a professional, and on the issue of punishing the murderer, the position of the governments was basically the same.
Cavour replied stiffly, “Your Excellency the Count, the murderer has already been caught, the identity has been checked by everyone, and this matter has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Sardinia at all.”
This was discussed with the British beforehand, the Sardinian government absolutely could not admit to having anything to do with this assassination. Only by denying it to the death would it have a chance to get through this hurdle at hand.
Auvergne sneered and said, “Enough, by this time, you still want to argue, do you really think that France is easy to bully?
These four murderers, all of them are members of your country’s radical organization. The organization aims to annex the entire Italian region, and the funding for their activities is still supported by your government, so you’re telling me it doesn’t matter!”
Looking at Auvergne’s murderous gaze, Cavour knew that the Frenchman was truly angry this time. At this time, he was even more unable to admit to having anything to do with this matter.
Cavour explained, “Your Excellency the Count, calm down. These four murderers only once joined the Charcoal Burning Party, but they have long been expelled for their misbehavior and have even emigrated.
One cannot say that one was once a member of the Charcoal Burning Party and conclude that the organization is evil. As far as I know, His Majesty Napoleon III also once joined the organization, do you think that His Majesty is also evil?”
Auvergne sneered, “Nonsense, when did His Majesty ever join this evil organization, he only heard that the organization was engaged in slave trade and drug trafficking.
Only then did he delve into it and investigated this organization, unfortunately the evidence that His Majesty was fortunate enough to collect ended up being taken away by your government.”
When it comes to playing rogue, who is afraid of whom? Engaging in the slave trade and selling drugs, these were not nonsense words from Auvergne.
There are all kinds of birds in a big forest, what’s so strange about having a few slave traders and drug dealers in the Charcoal Burning Party.
Other people don’t dare to open this lid, Auvergne is not afraid of offending people. The capitalists of the Kingdom of Sardinia are no more powerful, but they are not capable of making things happen in France.
At this time, the Austrian representative, Maltich, also opened his mouth and sneered, ”Mr. Cavour, you seem to have something to say. It seems like your government is really going out of its way to provoke a war between France and Austria!”
Cavour hurriedly explained, “Your Excellency, this is a misunderstanding, we absolutely have no intention of provoking the relationship between the two countries.”
Even though he also wanted to provoke a war between France and Austria, but this could never be said. Doing it secretly as long as it wasn’t discovered everything was fine, once things were exposed in the open, it was going to be the end.
Seeing the momentum is not right, Thomas shall not save the scene. In his heart, he has already greeted Cavour’s whole family once again, even if it is to provoke the relationship between the two countries, but also not be able to do so obvious.
This assassination case is very obvious, and then how to dump the pot can not be dumped on the Austrian, even if it is to change the subject, but also can not stimulate the Austrian ah!
The powers are not a good bully, retaliation is absolutely enough to the Sardinian government to drink a pot.
“Well, things have happened, and then talk about these irrelevant issues, there is no need, we still directly talk about compensation!”
Auvergne said with a cold smile, “Mr. Thomas, it’s better to talk about the issue openly first, the issue of compensation is not in a hurry, we are here today to punish the murderer, not for compensation.”
Maltich matched, “For an evil organization that is dedicated to destroying the balance of Europe and provoking a war, we absolutely cannot have any appeasement.”
Thomas froze, then asked rhetorically, “Your Excellency, what does it mean to provoke a war?”
Maltich said solemnly, “Just a few days ago, our Vienna police arrested several assassins who wanted to assassinate His Majesty the Great Franz, and these assassins happened to be members of the organization as well.
By the way, they also joined the French nationality. The purpose was to provoke a conflict between France and Austria and break the Vienna system in order to realize the Sardinian Kingdom’s ambition to annex the Italian region.
Of course, maybe it wasn’t just to annex the Italian region, but their slogan was to rebuild the Roman Empire.”
Hearing this explanation, the crowd’s faces changed drastically and looked at Cavour’s eyes differently. I’ve seen those who have made a death wish, but I haven’t seen those who are so capable of tossing and turning.
Thomas asked in disbelief, “Excellency Maltich, is all of this true?”
Maltich took out a document and said, “Of course, this is the information that came from the country.
There is a detailed investigation result on it, and the identities of these people can be verified by everyone. This assassination and the one that happened in Paris were both planned by the same group of people.
It has been found that these people have been lurking in Vienna for most of the year, and it was the Sardinian government that gave them financial sponsorship.”
Hearing this news, Prime Minister Cavour almost fainted with anger. It had all been brought to the table to say, so it was obvious that the evidence was solid. Even if it wasn’t one hundred percent real, it was still a high imitation.
Especially accusing the Sardinian government of funding the assassination was simply killing people. With this charge being solidified, nothing needs to be said, the Kingdom of Sardinia is doomed.
At this time, Cavour was very regretful. If he had known that there was this kind of talent in the Charcoal Burning Party, he would not have let the government fund them, no matter what he said.
Even though this organization, was contributing to the unification of the Italian region, this ability to cause trouble was too terrible.
Assassinating the French and Austrian emperors, provoking a war between the two countries, and then unifying the Italian region. Such a genius idea, it’s really not something an ordinary person could come up with.
Even if they dared to think of it, normal people wouldn’t dare to implement it. Once there is a slight mistake, it will kill people.
Now it was good that both sides were caught in the act. Cavour now understood why the Vienna government’s position would suddenly change, anyone who encountered such a thing would want to retaliate.
If they had received the news in advance, they could still find a way to resolve it. Now that he was caught off guard, he was not given the chance to act at all.
After an initial glance at the funds, Thomas directly chose to shut up. To intervene at this time, one must first be prepared to meet the wrath of France and Austria before doing so, and it was clear that the London government was not prepared for this.
In the event that France and Austria mistakenly believe that this assassination case was directed by them, that would be the real big trouble.
Now that the overall strength of the four major European countries is balanced, and no one country is able to fight one against two, diplomatically everyone must be cautious.
Even if the Russians won the Near East War, it would still be Russo-Austrian vs. British-French, if the Russians were to take on Britain and France alone, the end result would still be the same as it was in history.
Ivanov, the Russian representative who had been playing the sauce, suddenly opened his mouth and said: ”Given the current complicated situation, the Sardinian government has been implicated in the assassination case, and relying on them to apprehend the murderer is no longer realistic.
I propose that we form a joint investigation team to temporarily take over the Sardinian Kingdom and conduct a comprehensive inventory to wipe out this evil organization.”
Thomas’ eyes lit up, this was a good idea. International co-management was also better than letting France and Austria divide it up, as for investigating the murderer it was just incidental.
He was also very interested in the possible mastermind behind this, if this kind of bold master was not caught out, Thomas was also worried about giving them a shot as well someday.
Thomas then concurred, “Marquis Ivanov said it well, for this evil organization decided not to be able to relax, not to wipe them out, the peace of Europe will be threatened at any time.”
The representatives of the countries present were all smart people, and soon discovered the benefits of the JIU, and naturally responded.
As for the attitude of the Sardinian government it no longer mattered. Cavour thought of something and wanted to speak. At this time refused the joint investigation team to enter the country, will have to meet the French and Austrian allied forces.
Although the Vienna government had no interest in the Kingdom of Sardinia, Cavour did not realize that the last opportunity to preserve sovereignty was missed in vain.
Those who had not been taking a stand were left with France and Austria, and Maltich, with an attitude of indifference, left the opportunity to perform to Auvergne.
“It’s easy for the Joint Investigation Team to enter the Kingdom of Sardinia, but considering the role that the Sardinian government played in this incident, we have reason to believe that they will sabotage, destroy evidence, and even kill people.
In order for the investigation to proceed smoothly, sending the army into the Sardinian Kingdom and cooperating with the investigation team is imperative.
As the biggest victimized country, the French government is willing to send 80,000 troops into the Sardinian Kingdom to ensure the smooth progress of the investigation.”
It’s time for the poor map, it’s easy to invite the gods but hard to send them away. Once the French army had entered the Kingdom of Sardinia, it was not so simple to get them to leave.
Maltich very facetiously said, “We have no problem with this, without eradicating this evil organization, the peace of the European continent will always be threatened.
The Austrian government is willing to send three thousand troops into the Sardinian Kingdom to cooperate with the investigation mission to eradicate this evil organization.”
One sends 80,000 troops, one sends 3,000 troops, such a disparity, fools also know the attitude of France and Austria.
If it was a division of the Kingdom of Sardinia, it was impossible for Austria to just send out so few troops, which obviously meant that the Vienna government was not interested in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The crowd’s eyes have thrown to the Auvergne, eighty thousand French troops to occupy the Kingdom of Sardinia are almost enough, to say that it is not for the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia, said out no one believe.
Thomas objected: ”Mr. Auvergne, the number of troops you have sent is too much, just to ensure the smooth progress of the investigation, there is no need for so many.
Besides, there are still so many of us in the country, how can we let your family take on the entire obligation?
How about this, we, the English government, will contribute five thousand troops to cooperate with the investigation mission and ensure the stability of the Sardinian Kingdom.”
It wasn’t that Thomas didn’t want to contribute more troops, but the London government couldn’t take out more troops right now. Even if it could get it out, it would be useless, sending out troops cost money.
The French were there to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, and sending more troops would have a cost recovery time in the future, so they would really be volunteering this time, fulfilling their international responsibilities and checking the French in the meantime.
The next is lively, countries have responded to you a hundred and me two hundred, countries together also put together a thousand peacekeeping troops.
Fully demonstrated what is called the spirit of internationalism, as for the issue of check and balance the French, we are very facetious to leave the opportunity to the British show.
Being stared at the scalp, Auvergne made concessions, directly cut the number of troops sent thirty thousand, the final result is still not much different.
Together with the thousand men finally promised by the Russians, the allied armies of the various countries together barely managed to round up to ten thousand, and it was simply impossible to checkmate the French.
People refused to contribute, and there was nothing Thomas could do.
This time the army is completely bring their own food to the battle, except for harvest international reputation, and brush a wave of existence, there is no profit at all.
Military checks and balances could not be done, then rely on political and diplomatic checks and balances, Thomas immediately made a decision – to avoid the shortcomings.
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(End of chapter)