Chapter 173: Lolita Raising Program

  Chapter 170: Loli Raising Program

Constantinople

A negotiation to decide the fate of the three empires opened, with the Russian representative Alexander Maeshkov, the Austrian representative Meistersay, and the Ottoman Hedgerow Pasha.

The three of them are at war, and the negotiations, full of gunpowder, begin.

In fact, this was not the case, but diplomacy was as restrained as possible, and the negotiations began in a harmonious manner.

Except for the somewhat somber look on Hedegrape Pasha’s face, the atmosphere was quite cordial. The negotiations between Mareshkov and Mestse went very smoothly.

What had been agreed upon above the secret pact between the two countries was now brought to the scene, and it was hard to think of any disharmony.

The Ottomans attempted to take advantage of the conflict of interests between the Russians and Austria in the Balkans, and the strategic goal of dividing the two countries went bankrupt.

Participate in the mediation of the British and French representatives are dumbfounded, bullshit tripartite talks, the Russians and Austria is clearly already agreed, together to slaughter the Ottoman Empire.

In less than a morning’s work, the Russian representative Maimeshkov and the Austrian representative Meistersai reached a consensus, the two countries are divided into the Balkan region of influence in the light of day.

The angry Ottoman representative was on fire, but we are all civilized people, even if we are dividing the Ottoman Empire, it is impossible to say it directly, right?

Now Russia and Austria’s argument is: divide the commercial trade circle, to avoid the occurrence of vicious competition, to help the Ottoman Empire to join the civilized society as soon as possible.

It is true that the Ottoman Empire joined the civilized society, but not as the Ottoman Empire, but after being annexed by the two countries, it became a member of the civilized world.

Hedegrad Pasha said with a gloomy face, “Both of you, we appreciate your good intentions, the Ottoman Empire does not need this kind of help from you!”

Maeshkov replied with a sneer, “It doesn’t matter, your country doesn’t need this kind of help now, it will need it soon.

For the sake of world peace and stability, as the leader of the civilized world, the Russian Empire is obligated to help the Ottoman Empire progress.”

Weak countries have no diplomacy, and here it has been manifested to the fullest extent. That even if both Britain and France favored the Ottoman Empire, it was still Russia and Austria who had more say in the Balkans.

“You, you ……” Höldergörer was speechless with anger

The Russian’s nonsense is not a day or two, in diplomatic occasions to do so blatant, or let a person is difficult to accept.

Especially the phrase “leader of civilized society”, which angered the British representative Joseph Edward, who asked tit-for-tat:

“When did your country become the leader of the civilized world, why don’t I know? Do you know?”

The people in the audience wanted to laugh, but were forced by diplomatic protocol to hold their tongues.

How was it possible to admit that the Russians were the leaders of the civilized world? No one in Europe had ever recognized it except the Russians themselves.

If you put it another way, say, “as a member of the civilized world”, I guess everyone could still accept it.

The leader of the civilized world was better left alone, and even if he was an ally with the Russians, it was unlikely that Mestese would support the Russians on this issue.

Diplomacy had never been the Russians’ strong suit, and the Russians had made a lot of jokes about diplomacy and didn’t care about one more.

Maeshkov, who had been caught in the act, instantly turned ugly, isn’t that what everyone says when it comes to foreign political announcements?

Whether it is the British, or the French, in the overseas colonial invasion, can be self-proclaimed leader of the civilized world, the Russians of course followed with the times.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter if these words are said in private, but it’s a problem if they’re said in a formal diplomatic setting.

Since the words were already out of his mouth, Menshkov had no choice but to hang on. He said stiffly, “As the first power on the European continent, it is naturally the leader of the civilized world.”

British representative Joseph Edward sneered, “Your Excellency the Duke, you forgot to add the word Army. By the way, let me remind you that the civilized world is not judged by force, that’s what barbarians do.”

Mareshkov said angrily, “Who are you calling a barbarian, I’ll fight you!”

……

Looking at Maeshkov, who had been set up, Mestse shook his head helplessly. For the Russians to send this believer in force as a representative, he was really powerless to spit.

However, he had to help with the aftermath, or else an all-out brawl would be staged soon.

“If you two want to duel, it’s better to change the time and place. Otherwise, we’re going to go down in history as a laughing stock in diplomatic history.”

Considering the disparity in force, Joseph Edward decisively chose to give up and coldly shouted, “Hmph!”

Mareshkov was likewise no fool, only being cornered by the British, he simply went all reckless, and anyway, there were not one or two Russian diplomats who had dueled with people.

Of course, in this kind of formal diplomatic occasions to duel with people, this century has rarely happened, duke level duel is not happened, Maishkov also do not want to be the first person.

But the tradition of dueling still prevailed in Russia, and even the father of Russian literature – Pushkin – died in a duel with someone. It is worth noting that Pushkin was also a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

With the smell of gunpowder so strong, it was natural that the negotiations could not go on. In any case, no one is in a hurry, and the expectation of resolving the conflict through negotiations is not high, so it is better to rest for a few days to cool down the fire and then continue the negotiation.

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Vienna

The farce that took place in Constantinople was unknown to Franz, who was busy welcoming guests at this time.

As a neighbor, the Bavarian government had always been very wary of Austria, and after seeing Austria expand its army, the Bavarian government was worried.

Even if they thought that Austria was hitting the Balkans, they likewise wanted to repair the relationship between the two countries as soon as possible to remove the possible threat.

The Empress Dowager Sophie, who was in favor of a marriage between the two royal families, did not reject the Bavarian royal family’s proposal after Franz stalled for time with political necessity, but gave the answer to wait a few years.

Worried that the night would be long, the Bavarian royal family simply asked Princess Helen to come and visit this aunt. Of course she was not the only one who came, but also the younger members of the royal family, including the famous Princess Sissi in later times.

As the host, Franz naturally had to do his mother a favor and hosted the welcome party himself.

Europeans developed earlier, and frankly speaking, both sisters were very good-looking. Judging from their behavior and speech, Princess Helen should have received a good court education, while Princess Sissi’s performance was much worse.

Don’t think that with the name of princess, they are really princesses. If they were in an Eastern monarchy, they would at most be considered as royal daughters.

Their fathers were the side dukes of the royal family, and the bloodline was more than three generations of the Lord. Under normal circumstances, there was no way they could have been married to Franz, and the Bavarian royal family would never have entertained the idea.

The reason for all of this lies in the Empress Dowager Sophie, who is a blood sister to Princess Helen’s mother and has been very close since childhood. Long before Franz succeeded to the throne, there was a proposal for a marriage.

In contrast, Princess Sissi was tragic. She was born in the countryside, and had very few opportunities to socialize outside, and did not have the contact of the Empress Dowager Sophie, so naturally she could not talk about her feelings.

This is also one of the reasons for the tragedy of Princess Sissi in history, her sister Princess Helen was watched by Empress Dowager Sophie and naturally favored. She this halfway cut off, obviously can not expect the Empress Dowager Sophie to have a good face.

This is just, the Austrian court also has rules, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts can not actually affect the status of the Empress.

But the problem, Princess Sissi belongs to the rebellious type, and the court rules are not compatible, often do something beyond the status of things, so that the royal family has been criticized.

This one after another, the empress dowager naturally have to intervene in the discipline, the two sides of the conflict gradually accumulated.

In the late stage, the voice of criticism is getting louder and louder, the Vienna court that Princess Sissi did not have the qualifications to raise the next generation, Sophie Queen Mother deprived her of the right to educate their children, the contradiction is completely intensified.

On these issues, the original owner naturally made what she thought was the right decision, which did not actually serve any purpose.

Of course, even with any other person, this problem could not be solved. Unless Princess Sissi’s character is completely changed, tragedy is inevitable.

If the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be reconciled, and the education of children can be left to the father. Then the political pot is very fatal.

Especially in prompting the birth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she the Empress in the Hungarian people embraced at the same time, but also stood in the Austrian people on the opposite side.

For a time the voices of the expulsion of the Empress became dominant in Vienna, and it became clear how difficult a situation she was facing.

History and the movie are two completely different concepts, the main character’s tragedy is not so much caused by the court as it is by herself.

The rules of the Viennese court protected her while binding her, and if they had not existed, she would probably have been the first Austrian empress to be deposed.

Looking back over history, Franz made no comment. While enjoying the convenience that birth brings to oneself, one has to pay the price for it.

Prior to this political union, neither of Princess Sissi’s parents held any office, having been far removed from the center of power.

On the surface the idyllic life seemed wonderful, but in reality Duke Maximilian was forced by financial difficulties to stay away from the big cities.

An uninhibited life as a child, in other words, the family’s financial difficulties could not afford a governess, and had to go to public school with others, skipping classes naturally came in handy.

Just look at Franz, a student was dozens of teachers watching, want to skip class dream! Do you know that if you skip class, the teachers will take a vacation?

Do not think that the nobles are very rich, like them, the distant branch of the royal family, long away from the center of power, and not engaged in production itself, long-term sitting on the Lord, how can maintain the expenses of the great nobles?

This can also be seen from Princess Sissi’s shabby dowry. The dowry obtained by marrying as a queen was not enough to cover the expenses of a large banquet organized by Franz.

Empress Dowager Sophie smiled and asked, “Franz, what are you thinking about? Are you mesmerized?”

Franz casually found an excuse to muddle through, “No, I was just thinking about the Constantinople negotiations.”

Empress Dowager Sophie laughed, “Really? There are guests here today, please leave these questions for after the banquet, okay!”

Anyway, she was satisfied with Princess Helen’s performance, the only thing she regretted was that her birth was a bit lower, but it was her own niece, so that didn’t matter.

“Yes, mother!” Franz laughed

No matter what, a mother’s face should still be given. After inviting his two younger cousins to dance once each, Franz asked them out to talk about life.

Practically nothing was done, Franz just simply didn’t like attending this kind of aristocratic banquet. Being surrounded by people kissing their asses every day would get tiresome after a while.

Next thing you know, there were two more little lolitas in the Vienna Palace.

(End of chapter)