Holy Roman Empire

Everyone wants to be the protagonist, and no one wants to be a supporting role in the story.If it wasn't for the scruples that the influence would be bad, Frederick would have ordered Carlos to be expelled long ago.

Frowning, Frederick said helplessly, "Please come here!"

In any case, he is also a king, and the etiquette that should be there is still indispensable.As an old antique in the world of European monarchs, Franz avoided seeing and no one would say anything. If Frederick followed suit, he would be criticized by the aristocratic circle.

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Looking at the impatient Frederick, Carlos spoke first: "Your Highness, the atrocities committed by the Russian army in France are a flagrant violation of the Treaty of Vienna, which the civilized world cannot tolerate.

As the head of the civilized world and the leader of the European world, the Holy Roman Empire should shoulder the responsibility of a great power and stop the Russians..."

Before he finished speaking, Frederick rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, we have discussed these issues many times. Let me reiterate: The Holy Roman Empire has no intention of seeking hegemony, let alone has any obligations to your country.

As for the atrocities committed by the Russian army, I suggest that Your Majesty should discuss it with the Tsarist government. This is a matter between your two countries, and I believe you can handle it well. "

If it was necessary to foolishly interfere with the actions of the Russians for a few words of flattery, Frederick would be a fool.

From the standpoint of the Vienna government, the best choice is to let France and Russia fight each other. The more casualties the two countries suffer, the more stable Shinra's dominance will be.

If the Russians were able to destroy France, Frederick would not mind helping the Tsarist government reimburse military expenses, and even give an extra bonus.

Just pull France and think about it.Hatred has been planted, and it cannot be eliminated in a short time.

Long before the Russian army was stationed in Paris, the Vienna government had made a plan, that is, to use the hands of the Russians to attack the resistance forces in France and kill their desire for revenge.

Judging from the current situation, the Russians have completed the task at a super level.Although the hatred remains, the object of the hatred has changed.

The French, who originally wanted to revive and seek revenge from the anti-French alliance, have now reduced their goal to: expel the Russians.

This is a good start, as long as this situation lasts for a few years, the French people will only remember the Russian Empire as a single enemy.

Carlos fought hard and said, "But Your Highness, tens of thousands of French people are living in dire straits, so you don't want to do something for them?"

After getting up and looking out the window, Frederick replied indifferently: "No!"

"Everyone has to pay the price for the choices they make. Since France launched the war of aggression, the fate of all this is doomed.

When a snow mountain collapses, no snowflake is innocent.Now the people of your country are just paying for their previous actions.

What the Russian army did, your country also did to other countries.The Italian states, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Rhineland were not spared from the scourge.

You can't do it when you are doing it to others, but now it's your turn to be unlucky, can't you? "

"Sarcasm", "sarcasm" without any disguise.Obviously, Frederick was impatient to the extreme, and he didn't even have the mind to go around in circles.

As for saying so, whether Carlos can accept it is out of his consideration.Anyway, Frederick has only one idea now, and that is to send Carlos away as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble for himself.

The method is indeed a bit clumsy, but the effect is very obvious.I saw that Carlos was so angry that his face was blue and purple, as if he might explode at any time.

However, Carlos, who grew up from setbacks, quickly realized the problem and quickly restrained his emotions.

"Your Highness, you are too paranoid. It was the Napoleonic government that launched the war, and the capitalists were behind the scenes. Ordinary people have no chance to choose.

They were tricked into the chariot. Like Belgium, Sardinia and other countries, we are all victims of war.

By now..."

Frederick, who had no intention of participating in the quarrel, immediately interrupted: "Your Majesty, there is no point in arguing with me here.

Unless you can convince the people of Shinra in Luxembourg and the Rhineland to give up their hatred for you, it is impossible for us to support your country.

Instead of wasting time here, you might as well think about how to deal with the aftermath. "

Chapter 64 A plan off track

Apart from calling on both parties to restrain themselves, the Vienna government did not take any practical action at all, and put on a posture that had nothing to do with me, and the condemnation of European countries also remained in words.

After all, there are not many countries that dare to flirt with Russians these days.

It's okay to let everyone shout slogans, but if you really want to interfere, then save it!This kind of fearless international spirit cannot be tolerated by ordinary countries.

London

The British government, which had just succeeded in the first step of the "plan to divert disasters to the east", had not had time to be happy for a few days, and then received the bad news that the Russian army had plundered France.

Yes, Prime Minister Robert Cecil was blown up.If the Russians are allowed to go on like this, France, which has only half its life left, will really die.

If not for his sanity, Robert Cecil would have ordered the Royal Navy to go to the Baltic Sea to block the door and intercept the Russian convoy escorting French laborers.

The main thing is that blocking the door has no effect. Even if the Baltic Sea is blocked, the Russians can still go to the Mediterranean Sea, or simply borrow Shinra's railway transportation system.

For the sake of the overall situation, Robert Cecil had to choose restraint.After all, the conflict between Britain and Russia has intensified at this time, and the strategy of diverting disasters to the east is useless.

The current international situation is very obvious. Once the Holy Roman Empire turns its attention from the mainland to the sea, Britain's biggest challenge will come.

Before that, cut off the Russians first, and Britain will really be cold.

Competing with Shinra at sea, and competing with the Russians for India on land, just think about how terrifying the picture is.

But no matter how restrained he was, it was difficult to extinguish the anger in Robert Cecil's heart.Without the French, who else can Britain turn to as cannon fodder?

Russians?

Just look at the Russia-Austria alliance. It took decades for the previous leaders to fail to dismantle it. Robert Cecil didn't think he would be able to bring the two countries to war.

If the Shinra and British bayonets are popular, the possibility of the Tsarist government taking the opportunity to go south to India is a hundred times greater than the chance to go west to Europe.

Spanish?

It's not that Robert Cecil looks down on people, it's really that the salted duck empire these days, no matter how you look at it, it's just a salted duck, and the empire has long gone to nowhere.

There is no imperial salted duck, that is a dish on the table.Even if it is pulled over, it is still a meal for the enemy.

Neither of these two is good. You can't find Sardinia, Belgium, Switzerland... these small bean diced countries, right?

As a competent politician, Robert Cecil was no fantasist. "Raise your arms and call, and the heroes gather."That's a novel, the appeal that Britain didn't have at its peak, let alone think about it now.

Just relying on the four words "geopolitics", it is doomed that these small countries on the European continent cannot stand up to confront Shinra; on the contrary, they may be coerced by Shinra and declare war on Britain.

A similar scene appeared in the previous anti-French war.In order to make up the number of people, the Vienna government resorted to coercion and inducement.

The only three neutral countries escaped because they did not border France and could not affect the overall situation.

The current Holy Roman Empire and the "New Shinra" of that year are no longer the same.In the evening, the Vienna government will be able to drag a bunch of younger brothers to fight against France, let alone now.

If the European continent is not chaotic, the Holy Roman Empire will be able to gather resources from Asia, Europe and Africa.Facing such an opponent, even if Britain has all over the world, it doesn't know how to deal with it.

Today is different from the past. In the past, the national policy of the British government was to suppress anyone by force and suppress all threats. Now Robert Cecil's goal has been reduced to: just stabilize the situation.

The competitors were unprecedentedly strong, and it would be nice to be able to keep Britain's maritime supremacy, and there were more things that Robert Cecil no longer dared to ask for.

"The Russians are so reckless, the Vienna government, as a European military police, just ignore it?"

Although the title of "European Gendarmerie" is domineering, it is not a good word to use it on the Vienna government.

At the Vienna Conference in 1815, Metternich used diplomatic means to control the rhythm of the conference, confining the Russians to Eastern Europe and pushing Britain out of the continent.

Immediately afterwards, it wooed other countries to form a holy alliance, and tried its best to maintain the balance between the monarchy system and the European continent. Austria once won the title of "European Gendarmerie".

However, the highlight moment is just a moment.In the years that followed, Austria, as an old-school empire, went into decline.

Austria, which is not strong enough, can't afford to be killed. In order to avoid being targeted by the public, the Vienna government can only bring disaster to the east, and use this domineering title of hatred to the Russians.

The Vienna government dared not want it, but the Tsarist government liked it very much.Since 1848, the Russian Empire has had the reputation of "European Gendarmerie".

Putting the hat of "European Gendarmerie" on the head of the Vienna government again is nothing more than hoping that the Vienna government will follow in the footsteps of the past and the country will decline all the way.

Foreign Secretary Cameron: "It's a pity, Prime Minister. Although we have tried our best to build momentum, and even King Carlos goes to the Vienna Palace every day to block the door, the Vienna government is unmoved.

It can be seen that the determination of the Vienna government to suppress France has reached an unshakable level.Even if it involves international reputation, they cannot be shaken in the slightest.

Judging from the current signs, the Russians are likely to have reached a political deal with the Vienna government, and France has become a victim of this deal.

The tsarist government used its early suppression of France as a bargaining chip in exchange for Vienna's understanding of their construction of the Siberian Railway, and by the way, it also solved the labor problem required by the railway.

The most direct evidence is: the logistical supplies of the Russian troops stationed in France are now provided by the Vienna government.

If the inference is correct, then we must pay more attention to the Tsarist government while paying attention to the Holy Roman Empire.

This is a mistake in our previous work. We underestimated the cunning of the Russians and let them take advantage of it. "

For Britain, the process of how Russia and Austria hooked up is not important.The key is the end result, the government in Vienna is indeed supporting the Russians in their actions.

Other things can deceive people, but the fact that the Vienna government provides supplies to the Russian army cannot deceive people.

After calming down, Robert Cecil waved his hand and said: "This is not your responsibility, we all underestimate the Tsarist government.

No one thought that the damn Russians would play politics with such vicious methods.

If they had this ability before, the situation in Europe would definitely not be what it is now. "

Diplomacy has always been the shortcoming of the Russians. It is an inherent impression left by the Tsarist government on the European world that it is unreasonable to use a knife.

Even Alexander III, who claims to be "the most diplomatic tsar", actually only eased the relationship with European countries to allow the Russian Empire to be accepted by the European world.

The biggest diplomatic achievement is probably the further consolidation of the Russia-Austria alliance.The economy between Russia and Shinra has been tied more tightly, and the threat of the Western Front has been completely eliminated.

This is indeed a great diplomatic achievement.Relying on economic tying, the interests of Russia and Shinra are intertwined.The current situation is that one family is finished, and the other family will also suffer.

Other European countries have to worry about the threat posed by the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, but the Tsarist government can completely ignore it.

The interests of the two countries are too deeply involved. If the Holy Roman Empire wants to go to war with the Russian Empire, the first knife must be cut on itself.

No normal person would like "self-harm".Before the economic separation of the two countries, the tsarist government did not need to worry about threats from Europe, and could safely and boldly go south or east.

Things have come to this point, there is really not much the British government can do other than self-comfort.Unless they can abandon the conspiracy against the Russian Empire and stop the construction of the Siberian Railway.

Obviously, this is impossible.Although the Holy Roman Empire is the biggest threat to Britain, the Russian Empire is the most direct threat to the British.

This is not a contradiction.Although the Holy Roman Empire is powerful, there is still a long way to go for the navy to surpass the Royal Navy.

Even if it really exceeds, it does not mean that the two countries will go to war immediately.

As long as the British government does not take the lead, it is more likely that Shinra will slowly pull Britain down through long-term confrontation and consumption.

The kind of decisive battle that just has a slight advantage and immediately runs out to play a gambling decisive battle can only be done by two-year-old teenagers. A mature country will not blindly gamble on its national fortune.

Compared with the Holy Roman Empire, which is a long-term threat, the Russians are an immediate threat.It is only three or four years since the opening of the Central Asia Railway.

According to the principle that each tsar of the Russian Empire will inevitably launch a foreign war when he succeeds to the throne, Robert Cecil knows where the Russians are going without even thinking about it.

With a perverted enemy like Shinra, they are already enough. Robert Cecil really doesn't have the energy to play a friendly match with the Russians in India.

A dead fellow Taoist will never die a poor Taoist.For the safety of your own family, you can only divert the trouble.Regardless of whether the Russians can be killed in the Far East, the London government must try.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Pavel: "The plan to use the Siberian Railway to consume the national power of the Russians has now failed by one-third, so the remaining two-thirds will not be allowed to fail again.

In any case, the Russians must first get the Siberian Railway project started.French labor could only reduce the tsarist government's investment in manpower, but financial and material resources were still indispensable.

With the railway project dragging down, the Russians will not be able to go south and compete with us for India, at least for the next few years.

At the same time, we must increase our support for anti-Russian groups such as the French Resistance, the Polish Revolutionary Party, the Bulgarian Independence Organization, the Russian Revolutionary Party, and the Afghan guerrillas.

Regardless of whether they succeed in the end, as long as something happens, it can consume the strength of the Russians.

As long as the Siberian Railway is opened to traffic, the Russians will have a second strategic option, and the situation will be quite different. "

The reality is cruel, since France is doomed to be irreparable, then just abandon it.Anyway, it's not the first time to sell a teammate, let alone a Frenchman.

(Note: The British Chancellor of the Exchequer is divided into the first chancellor and the second chancellor. The prime minister concurrently serves as the first chancellor of the exchequer, and the second chancellor of the exchequer is the chancellor who actually performs his duties.)

Chapter 65 Gains and Losses

The wheels of human civilization are rolling forward, and the trend of the times is mighty.With the advancement of science and technology, the footsteps of the great era are getting closer and closer to the world.

Maybe it was because they were all tired from fighting, or God was tired of watching war movies every day, and the world in 1897 suddenly became quiet.

Except that the flames of war in France are still burning, Cuba, the Philippines, and Morocco are all quiet.The Kingdom of Spain, which was exhausted, was finally able to stop and take a breath.

It's just that this kind of peace is not all achieved on the battlefield, but more of it is the result of compromise between all parties.

No matter how the Kingdom of Spain fell, it was not comparable to a few indigenous tribes.After a long and fierce battle, the rebel army finally couldn't stand it anymore.

As the victor, the Kingdom of Spain was also uncomfortable. The Spanish government, which suffered heavy casualties and was heavily in debt, was no longer able to continue to encircle and suppress the rebels who had abandoned the city and retreated into the jungle.

Since everyone can't fight anymore, they can only sit down and negotiate.Relying on compromised treaties one after another, the Kingdom of Spain finally quelled the colonial rebellion.

Obviously, this is not the end.Now that the hatred has been forged, it is not so easy to eliminate.

The compromise is only a temporary truce, and it is unknown when the flames of war will reignite in the future.

It's just that the struggling Spanish government has no time to care about the future.The war is over and their troubles have just begun.

Not to mention how to repay the huge debt; the French mercenaries in their hands are a hot potato.