Holy Roman Empire

Austria is not a vegetarian either. If the Kingdom of Prussia is sent to your door, it will be no wonder if it is not slaughtered.Maybe the kingdom will be abolished directly and become a province directly under the central government.

Don't think that the Austrians can't do it, what kind of morals do you need in front of interests?For its own dominance over the Shenluo Empire, it is normal to split the Kingdom of Prussia.

Chapter 131 The Russian-Polish Conflict

The Polish throne election was imminent, and the Polish republicans, who were unwilling to lose their power, also started their own actions.

Warsaw, Dombrowski convened a meeting of top republicans in the Prime Minister's residence.If anyone pays attention, they will find that most of the people attending the meeting are government officials, but there are very few military generals.

There is no other way. After all, the Polish independence movement was born and succeeded by external forces. Almost all the military personnel leading the uprising were trained by foreign powers, and the real power of the revolutionary party is limited.

If only this is nothing, the revolutionary parties have established a legal government, and it is not a big problem to win these people over.

Regrettably, the Polish government was heavily influenced by French ideology. It took it for granted that the military should obey the government. The military's status in the government's power structure was suppressed very low.

This is of course no problem in peaceful times, the military does not interfere in politics, as is the case in normal countries.The tragedy is that Poland is not a normal country. Although it is independent, the threat of war always exists.

In this case, the country revolves around the army and does its best to develop the army, which is the best choice. For example, the kingdom of Prussia next door is a good study object.

Obviously, the revolutionaries with high eyes and low hands did not think so much, and once they were in power, they became complacent.

In the eyes of the senior government, this army with a background of foreign powers is unreliable, and it is a matter of course that all the senior military leaders should be replaced by their own people.

The army is a place where the strong are respected. If you don't have a good record, how can you get everyone's support?

The Polish government's approach was naturally resisted by the military, and the relationship between the two sides was very bad.The high-level generals appointed by the government are not bought, and they are often put on the air.

This kind of behavior is seen by the Polish government as a manifestation of warlordization. For this reason, the government has also begun to reinvent itself. On the basis of the revolutionary party's armed forces, it has established an army that is completely under its own command.

The army is a beast of gold, and the establishment of a new army will naturally squeeze the military expenditure of the original army, which undoubtedly aggravates the contradiction between the two sides.

Since the government is so annoying, of course they have to get rid of them.Just at this time, the Prussians extended an olive branch, and under the impetus of interests, the two sides hit it off, and many people in the Polish army fell to the Kingdom of Prussia.

Prime Minister Dombrowski: "Gentlemen, the current domestic situation is very bad, the king's election will be held next month, if we do not act, the great Poland will be annexed by Prussia.

What are your thoughts, everyone is free to speak now.Today we are looking for a way out for Poland, and we must not let the ambitions of the Prussians succeed. "

The matter that the Berlin government wants to annex Poland cannot be kept secret at all, and any secret will cease to be a secret as long as there are more people involved.

Over the years, the Polish government has been working hard to get rid of Prussian influence.It's just that they don't have enough means, and they mess things up a lot of the time.

Foreign Minister Vlublevsky: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with European countries, and the current situation is not very optimistic.

Napoleon III has just died, France is still transferring power, and now the Paris government is conducting a war without gunpowder.There is no problem in supporting us diplomatically, and direct military intervention is unlikely.

We have severely offended Austria for the diplomatic oolong that broke out not long ago.The Vienna government does not want to see Prussia annex Poland, nor does it want us to continue to rule Poland.

If the Prussians were willing to pay a high price, both France and Austria could be neutral.The only good news is that the British will support us, they don't want to see continued annexation of the European continent. "

Without mentioning the remaining countries, it means that no other country has the strength to interfere.The Russian Empire, which has the strength to intervene, happens to be the enemy.

As a politician, you don't care about joining forces with the enemy, but the political consequences also need to be considered.The political impact of hooking up with the Russians is too bad for them to afford.Even if the tsarist government intervenes, it is more likely to be a disservice.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Badlevsky: "The support of the British may not be useful, the sea is their world, but it is not their turn to call the shots on the European continent.

Unless one of the Franco-Austrian countries also supports us, we will not be able to resist the Prussians if they force their hands.

You must know that the domestic warlords have already hooked up with them. Once we use force, we will lose very badly. "

The family of the Kingdom of Poland is not rich. After so many years of hard work, the republican army has only two infantry divisions and one cavalry division, accounting for [-]% of the total Polish army.

After hesitating for a moment, Prime Minister Dombrovsky made a decision: "Then William I will not be elected, as long as the elected king is someone else, the Prussian plan cannot continue.

I don't believe that the Prussians would dare to send troops to directly annex us. It is impossible for any European country to remain indifferent to such a thing.

Especially those small countries, if they don't want to be annexed one day, they must support us at this time.Families and families may be inconspicuous, but if everyone joins forces, the Prussians will be overwhelmed. "

Chancellor of the Exchequer Badlevsky shook his head: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this is very difficult to do. William I's approval rate in parliament is very high, far exceeding his competitors.

Even if we support other people, we cannot gain an advantage in the election.Unless extraordinary measures are taken to interfere with this election.

It's just that the consequences are very serious. After this precedent is set, the future process of Poland's democracy will be greatly affected, and we will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame. "

Prime Minister Dombrovsky sighed: "Alas! The situation is difficult, and now I can't care about that much. The most important thing now is to keep Poland first, and the democratic process is the future.

Poland's independence is not easy. This is the result of countless sacrifices made by comrades in arms. We must not let the current achievements be destroyed.

Compared with the overall situation, our personal honor and disgrace are not important. I believe that history will give a notarized evaluation. "

This was the best option to stop the Prussians from annexing Poland, as long as the king was not William I, the Commonwealth would not go on.

In Europe, a world that teaches legal principles, once anyone breaks the rules, they must pay for it. Prussia has not yet had the strength to ignore the rules.

Prime Minister Dombrowski has already regretted it a little. If he had known that the situation would develop to this situation, he should have elected a king when the Kingdom of Poland was first established.

At that time, the governments of various countries were opposed to the election of William I, and it was entirely possible to exclude him and conduct an election.If the Polish throne had a master, there would not be so many bad things behind it.

Power is moving, and it is impossible for the prime minister to make such a statement after the king.Dombrowski did not resist the temptation of the Prussians, and took it for granted that he could control the situation.

To some extent, the original decision is not necessarily wrong.The fact that Prussia cannot annex Poland does not mean that Prussia cannot join forces with others to divide Poland.

If the Kingdom of Poland strives to be self-sufficient and strives to develop its national strength after independence, and shows a certain strength, then the Berlin government still needs their ally, and there will not be so many bad things.

But in fact, Poland has been fighting infighting since its independence.The Polish government, which has no governing experience, took it for granted to formulate policies, and as a result made a series of jokes.

From the economic development, it can be seen that since the independence of the Kingdom of Poland, it has been recovering from the war, but has not recovered to the level before the war, and some areas have experienced negative economic growth.

Industry is a joke. Poland inherited part of Russia's industry during its independence.After these industries fell into the hands of the Polish government, not only did they not move forward, but they were tossed to the brink of death.

The economy is not good, and the military is also tossing around.The domestic army is artificially divided into two, and they are very hostile to each other. They don't stab each other in the back on the battlefield. That's all because of high patriotism.

In this context, the Kingdom of Poland is not qualified to be an ally of Prussia at all.To consolidate power and win the next war, the Berlin government has no choice but to fight Poland.

The final result is nothing more than a division or annexation.In short, the tragedy in Poland was doomed from the beginning, and the incompetence of the government has led to the present catastrophe.

The room was quiet, and the breathing and heartbeats of everyone could be vaguely heard, and the atmosphere became tense.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, something is bad."

A voice came from outside the door, pulling everyone out of their contemplation.

Prime Minister Dombrovsky glared dissatisfiedly at the person who came. How could they rush into the meeting place? It was really unruly.

He has already made up his mind, if it's not a big deal, he will teach this guy who doesn't understand the rules well: "Tell me, the sky hasn't fallen yet."

The young man replied nervously: "Yesterday afternoon, our defenders in the Kyiv area had a fierce conflict with the Russians, and a gun battle broke out, causing 8 deaths and 12 injuries to us."

After speaking, he hurriedly handed the telegram to Prime Minister Dombrovsky.

The border conflicts between Russia and Poland have occurred from time to time, but the death of people is still rare. Usually, the two sides will restrain each other. Generally, it is over after a fight, and few shots are fired.

The telegram only introduced the cause and effect of the conflict, and there was no other explanation. Prime Minister Dombrovsky's face suddenly became gloomy.

The house leak happened overnight, and the Russian-Polish conflict broke out at this time. This is definitely not a good thing for the Polish government. If they don't handle it well, they will get out.

Putting the telegram on one side of the table, Prime Minister Dombrovsky angrily slapped the table and said angrily, "It's just too much deceiving. Are the Russians so eager to start a war!"

Others also circulated the telegram one after another, and everyone realized the seriousness of the problem.This conflict was completely premeditated by the Russians.

Chapter 132

The sudden Russian-Polish conflict shattered all the plans of Prime Minister Dombrovsky.If one is not handled properly, an all-out war will break out between Russia and Poland.

In this context, without the support of the Kingdom of Prussia, Poland would not even have the strength to fight.It can be said that the tsarist government helped the Prussians a lot, forcing the Polish government to make a compromise.

Is it that simple?The tsars are not stupid. If they don't have enough benefits, why should they help their enemies?

The Polish government is still in a state of confusion, and Franz, who is far away in Vienna, has figured out the ins and outs of the matter.It is nothing more than that Prussia and Russia secretly reached a deal to jointly carve up the Kingdom of Poland.

There is no enemy in front of the interests, the tsarist government wants to regain lost ground, the Prussians want to strengthen their strength, and both sides are eyeing the Poles.

A few years ago, the two sides fought to the death and the wounds of the war have not disappeared, and the two sides have united again.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this may be very unbelievable, but the reality is such nonsense.

For the Kingdom of Prussia, it is tempting to swallow Poland alone, but the size of the Kingdom of Poland is too large, with [-]% to [-]% of the Kingdom of Prussia. If you swallow it in one bite, you might choked to death.

In this context, choosing to share with others to reduce the difficulty of operation and share international pressure is the best choice.

The Berlin government was also forced to cooperate with the Russians.The three countries bordering Poland are Prussia and Austria. Austria is too powerful, and the Prussians dare not do anything with tigers, and would rather choose to cooperate with the enemy.

Even Franz can boldly speculate that the Prussians are ready to sell two.Maybe at this time, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already been sent to contact.Promise the territory that the Russians fancy to Austria, and take the opportunity to provoke the contradiction between Russia and Austria.

Putting down the information in his hand, Franz ignored it.There is no desire for no reason, and he is not interested in the Polish region. Franz naturally does not care about the conspiracy between Prussia and Russia.

No matter how they calculated, as long as Austria remained motionless, all intrigues and intrigues would pale in the face of absolute strength.

The more prepared Prussia and Russia are, the worse the next war will be.If the governments of both countries are smart people, the best thing to do at this time is to pull people into the water.

Otherwise, neither Prussia nor Russia will be victors in the next war.The three countries of England, France, and Austria, who are watching the excitement, can make their efforts in vain as long as they intervene in the middle.

It is a pity that everyone is not a fool. The fact that Britain, France and Austria can form an alliance shows a lot of problems.Both Prussia and Russia are not masters of diplomacy. It is too difficult to operate if they want to break up the three-nation alliance and bring people to their side.

Austria does not want to expand on the European continent, the French have no time to fight, and the British shit sticks have always liked to stab in the back. If you want them to play in person, forget it!

The three countries are not so easy to pull, and the end fee alone cannot be afforded by Prussia and Russia.

In theory, there should be many conflicts between the three major powers in the battle for world hegemony between Britain, France and Austria, but unfortunately these conflicts have not yet erupted.

For example, France and Austria are very interested in the British maritime hegemony, but unfortunately they are constrained by their strength, and neither country has the strength to challenge the British maritime hegemony.

Another example: the battle for European hegemony between France and Austria, on the bright side, should be a life-and-death struggle.In reality, Austria lacks interest in hegemony on the European continent, and is basically too lazy to fight for it; the French are busy dealing with internal issues and temporarily ignore European hegemony.

In the overseas colonial movement, the three countries are all vested interests.If they stab each other, the cost of maintaining the colonies of each country will increase by a lot. If the three countries compromise, everyone can save a lot of expenses.

As long as Britain, France and Austria do not stab each other, other countries must consider whether they can bear the consequences of exposure even if they want to fish in troubled waters.

Needless to say, the colonial conflicts between Britain, France and Austria are still happening from time to time, which is much more restrained than before the alliance of the three countries.At least there have been no more colonial exploration teams of hundreds of people, and the entire army was wiped out in a daze.

Now Britain, France and Austria have started negotiations on the division of colonial powers. According to the current progress, there will be a result in about a year or two. By then, the conflicts in the overseas colonial activities of the three countries will be further reduced.

It's not Franz or Napoleon III that drives this, it's John Bull who is a shit stick.

Everyone established colonies to make money, not to make money at a loss.The British had the most colonies and had the most conflicts overseas with other countries.

Into the late 19th century, the maintenance costs of the major colonial empires rose sharply.If you continue to fight like this, everyone will not have to make money.

For his own interests, John Bull also has to establish a set of rules to restrict the colonial activities of various countries overseas, so as to prevent everyone from stabbing each other every day and making money happily.

Of course, this is limited to the land that is recognized by everyone.In the battle for the unowned colony, no matter how ruthless it is, no one will show mercy.

This international pattern is completely different from the original time and space.Now the main international contradiction in Europe is the contradiction between Prussia and Russia.

In contrast, the British-Austrian conflict, the British-French conflict, and the French-Austrian conflict have all become secondary conflicts.The fact that Britain, France and Austria can form an alliance proves that the common interests of the three countries outweigh the contradictions.

What John Bull wanted was a continental balance, not a continental blackout all day long.

War means uncertainty. If war is provoked without certainty, no one can guarantee the final situation.

What if the situation gets out of control and a Big Mac is hit by name?Napoleon's lesson was not far away, and he almost succeeded.

Now France and Austria are holding each other in check, Prussia and Russia are hostile to each other, and the European continent is in a delicate balance.

No matter which country changes, it may trigger a chain reaction.In the last war in the Near East, the British used facts to tell the British that it would take a price to easily intervene in the European war.

From the British point of view, it is best to keep the situation on the European continent so balanced.When conflicts arise between countries, they should be the arbiters.

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On May 1874, 5, the Tsarist government issued a diplomatic note to the Kingdom of Poland, ordering the Polish government to hand over the "murderer in the border conflict" within 18 hours, and to cede the Kyiv area to the Russian Empire as compensation.

Such conditions are obviously not acceptable to the Polish government.Prime Minister Dombrovsky was furious, but could not do anything about it.

The Russian Empire's standing army is as high as 87.6, while the Kingdom of Poland has done its best, and the standing army is only 13.6. There is absolutely no way to make up for the gap in strength between the two sides.

Warsaw, an office with only two desks, four chairs and a filing cabinet, is the office of Prime Minister Dombrovsky.

The Polish government is poor, and as the head of the government, Prime Minister Dombrowski leads by example and compresses office expenses as much as possible.

In this respect, Prime Minister Dombrovsky has done an impeccable job.It is a pity that a country cannot be governed well without being thrifty.

Prime Minister Dombrovsky: "What do the powers say, will they interfere in the actions of the Russians?"

The Polish government could not accept the Russians' conditions, the war had entered the countdown, and Prime Minister Dombrowski had to pin his hopes on international intervention.

Foreign Minister Vlublevsky: "The British Minister promised to mediate the conflict, but the French Minister did not give a clear answer and may be waiting for a decision from the Paris government.

The Prussians promised to support us, and they promised to send troops to support us as soon as a war broke out.

Austria has not made a statement, but because of the Russian-Austrian alliance, they are at best neutral and cannot stand on our side.

The rest of the European countries are watching the situation, and what choices they will make will only be determined after the situation becomes clear. "

After hearing this result, Prime Minister Dombrovsky did not feel the slightest relief.