Chapter 573: Introduction
Chapter 560 Introduction
Between countries, “there are only eternal interests, there are no eternal enemies”. Directly said the essence of international diplomacy, this is not just also for the Near East War for the British and Austrian two countries, in the twinkling of an eye and began to hook up.
This is not excessive, Britain and Austria are still allies, even if from time to time unpleasant, but also does not affect the pleasant play together.
If anyone knows that Prussia and Russia have secretly contacted each other, it will surely cause an uproar. Right now the Russians were making a lot of efforts to get revenge on the Kingdom of Prussia; and the Kingdom of Prussia was pretty much the same, always preparing for war.
However nothing is impossible before interests, even during the time of the Prussian-Russian War, the private contacts between the two countries were not broken.
After trying in vain to persuade the government of Vienna to send troops to interfere in the election of the Polish throne, the Tsarist government knew that things were in trouble.
Alexander II was no simple man, and decisively chose to eschew hatred for the time being and use the event to the best advantage of the Russian Empire.
A richly dressed old man, coldly said, “Your Excellency considered how, as long as your country is willing to agree to the previous conditions, we will acquiesce to your annexation of Poland.”
The middle-aged man sitting directly opposite shook his head unmoved, “This is not for us to annex Poland, but for the two countries to divide Poland. Your country’s appetite is too big, directly carving away half of Poland.
How can this make us agree? If word gets out, the Polish public will still be in an uproar. Besides, we are not prepared to annex Poland, this election is just respecting Polish public opinion.”
If there were acquaintances present, they would have realized that the two men negotiating were clearly Mikhail, the former Minister of the Interior of the Russian Empire, and Ron, the former Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Prussia.
The fact that the two enemies were actually sitting together and peacefully negotiating the division of Poland would probably not be believed if it were said.
Mikhail disdainfully rolled his eyes, Prussia does not have the ambition to annex Poland, this word to fool the outside world of the general public is enough, but also want to hide from each other the deepest understanding of the enemy is not?
A large number of people in Poland supported Wilhelm I to become king, a large part of the reason was forced out by the Russians.
In the last war the Kingdom of Poland was the main battlefield, directly into a piece of rubble, economic losses are not even, the key is the loss of young people also more than eight hundred thousand.
This directly led to the Polish Kingdom falling into a weak state after the war. Now the Ukrainians actually occupy nearly one-third of the country, as the main ethnic group of the Polish people because of the war, the loss of young people is heavy, the main ethnic population also appeared negative growth.
Of course, this has something to do with Poland’s terrible domestic economy. Especially after the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, there was a serious exodus from Poland. In order to survive, many people ran to Prussia and Austria to make a living.
Most of them were women, either voluntarily or by deception, and the underground trade in human beings flourished in Poland during this period. A large number of young women were transported overseas by unscrupulous capitalists to engage in the flesh trade.
The Polish government cracked down on this situation many times, but still with little success. Where there is demand, there is a market, and dignity is not worth mentioning in the face of survival.
It so happened that the Czarist government had completed its initial social reforms again, and seeing that the enemy next door had regained its strength, the vested interests within Poland became anxious.
Once the Russians fought back, everything they had was gone. Bare feet became shoes, and political positions were inevitably affected.
Many were moved by the Prussians’ offer of the strongest possible alliance between the two co-rulers, and they subconsciously ignored the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland.
This was determined by interests, even if the Kingdom of Prussia annexed Poland, the Berlin government still had to spend the price to pull them together, which was much better than the Tsarist government that wanted to cut off their heads.
The choice of interest groups had a direct impact on the whole Polish society, which kept quiet about the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland and limited its propaganda to the League of Communists.
The Polish people were very familiar with the system of co-rulership, which had been practiced by their ancestors, and the public accepted it very well.
Now there are media campaigns claiming that the Kingdom of Prussia was also part of Poland. The old story of the Prussian Kingdom’s subjugation to Poland has been rehashed, greatly satisfying the public’s vanity.
In the short term it is not yet apparent, it is unlikely that in time the Poles will consider the Kingdom of Prussia as one of their own, and then the obstacles to the merger of the two countries will no longer exist.
William I dared to pay attention to Poland, and not only ambition, a large part of the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia is the old Polish land, but the population on it Germanized.
More critical is that now the German region has been targeted by Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia simply can not win the fight, the best choice is to annex the Kingdom of Poland, change a vest on the market.
In recent years, the Kingdom of Prussia no longer claimed itself as a German state, which was a change in state policy.
This path was not chosen by Wilhelm I. It was the Junker nobility that made this decision. Who wants to be a junior when they can be their own masters?
The Shen Luo Empire is good, but it is not their turn to be in charge, Austria’s volume is too big, even if the Kingdom of Prussia joins in, it will soon be diluted shares, slowly swallowed up.
That being the case might as well have a different option and fight their way back into the game, and Poland just happened to come along in this situation.
Flipping through the history books and looking for it, they quickly found the connection between Prussia and Poland, with the Kingdom of Prussia unifying the Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Law reason also came out.
Of course, this relationship is already far away. The so-called jurisprudence was also something they considered legitimate for themselves, and the outside world would certainly not recognize it.
This is what led to the Polish throne dispute, according to the Prussian plan, first promote the two countries common king, then the formation of the federal empire, and then annexation and integration.
The plan was made clear, William I was just a manipulator introduced by the Junker nobility, who seemed to be in a position of power, but could not go against the interests of the class.
Mikhail: “Your Excellency, the joke is not funny. If you don’t want to annex Poland, then there’s no point in us talking.
Perhaps another three-way division of Poland would be a good option. I’m curious when Austria joins in, I wonder what your country will think?”
Ron’s face changed greatly, inviting Austria to jointly divide the Kingdom of Poland, then even if Prussia was able to annex Poland, it would be a shrunken version, and it was unknown if they could even get the maximum benefit.
This is a world that speaks with its fists, if the Russians really conspire with Austria, there is no one who can stop it now.
Seemingly sensing that Mikhail’s words did not mean what he said, Ron quickly reacted to the fact that the Russians would not easily invite Austria in.
It should be realized that the territory of the Kingdom of Poland was previously the territory of the Russian Empire, and if it fell into the hands of the Kingdom of Poland or the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russians would still have a chance to get it back.
If it fell into the hands of Austria, given the current situation, it would be a permanent loss. This was decided by the strength of both sides, and not by the will of individuals.
“Your Excellency Mikhail, if your country was truly willing to invite Austria to divide the Kingdom of Poland, you wouldn’t have lost the last war.
The price you all refused to pay in the first place, are you sure St. Petersburg can agree to it now?
Besides, the Austria of today is no longer the Austria of the past. Do you believe that by involving the Austrians, the Vienna government would eat half of the Kingdom of Poland in one bite.
At that point, we wouldn’t have to worry about a future war between the two countries, and we’d all be trembling together under the shadow of the Austrians!
Don’t forget that the Kingdom of Prussia was once one of the states of the Holy Roman Empire, if we are willing to go back again, the government of Vienna will definitely welcome it.
Your country would be miserable, don’t look at the fact that Russia and Austria are now allies, once the German region is unified, Austria is the new European hegemon, and your country, as the former hegemon, is destined to be suppressed.”
This is a phallic plot, how could the Russians have no idea about the rise of Austria? If the Russian-Austrian relationship was really that solid, after the collapse of the hegemony, the Tsarist government would have just pushed Austria to the top.
Obviously this is not possible, the Russians do not want to see Austria grow stronger, even if it falls into a state of weakness, but also intentionally or unintentionally pull Austria’s leg.
This kind of small action is impossible to hide from the Vienna government, only Franz is not interested in continental hegemony, and go along with it becomes shared by all countries, to be precise, France and Austria jointly divided, Britain, Prussia and Russia each hold a part of the right to speak.
Just think about these years, Russia and Austria between the dirty things, Mikhail want to cry. If history could be repeated, he would have stopped the Tsarist government’s petty maneuvers in the first place.
Apart from worsening the relationship between the two countries, it had no substantial effect, but it was just that they did it. You do the first, I do the fifteenth, and once the valve of pitting each other’s teammates is opened, it’s out of control.
This background Austria once bigger, future suppression of the Russian Empire is almost inevitable. Standing on the Tsarist government’s point of view, the French became the European hegemony are better than Austria became the continental hegemony.
Tsarist government pulling back, suppression of Austria’s development is too late, how can let Austria continue to grow?
Even Ron’s threat of joining Shinra was something Mikhail didn’t dare to ignore. Now this situation will definitely not happen, in the future it is not certain.
If the Kingdom of Prussia was defeated in the next war, the possibility of joining Austria in order to save their own interests was very high.
Ron probably could not have imagined that a simple provocation would make Mikhail think so much.
How could joining Shinra be as simple as saying, unless the mountain was exhausted, this kind of thing was simply not possible.
Austria wasn’t a vegetarian either, if the Kingdom of Prussia sent the door, it would be strange not to be slaughtered. Maybe it will be abolished and become a province directly under the central government.
Don’t think that the Austrians can’t do it, what kind of modesty is needed in front of interests? For the sake of their own dominance over the Shen Luo Empire, it is normal to split up the Kingdom of Prussia.
The poisonous Jia, who knew how to protect himself, abandoned his wife and son when the Son of Heaven returned to the East
Eldest son Jia Mu, who had no choice but to go out, disliked Yang Xiu before fucking the Son of Heaven?
Jia Mu was known as a poisonous scholar, but his face looked like loyalty.
In the chaotic world of the late Han Dynasty, the poisonous scholar Jia Mu and the poisonous scholar son.
The Poisonous Scholar of the Three Kingdoms: The End of the Han Dynasty.
(End of chapter)