Chapter 425: Good and bad

You pit me, I pit you, struggle is the theme of the era of great powers.
People in the arena involuntarily. In international politics, there are only interests. If the interests are the same, they are friends. If conflicts occur, the enemy is the enemy. Changing roles is the basic operation.
The British do the best in this regard. They were allies just now. After a short time, they can become enemies, and they can become friends again after a while.
To a certain extent, the diplomacy of European countries in this era was learning from the British. Everyone ’s bottom line, morale has come down and down, and the close and cooperative ally relationship existed only before the Middle Ages.
In this context, the relationship between European countries is a mess, and the enemy and friends cannot be distinguished narrowly.
In order to gain more support in the negotiations, both Russia and Russia are conducting diplomatic offensives. The unresponsive Ottoman Empire also launched diplomatic activities, leaving only a few Khanates in Central Asia and the Eastern Empire in a state of salt fish.
Salted fish is tragic, and international support is very useful under the European rules system. Even small countries' diplomatic support also has value.
The younger brother has no diplomatic ability, so John Niu can only go on his own. Perhaps this is what the London government wants to see most. It can increase their influence in these countries and obtain greater benefits.
Franz wanted to be a melon-eating crowd, but he wanted to be quiet but the wind was endless. Because of the relationship between the Russian and Austrian alliances, Austria was involved.
"The Russians want to return to their pre-war state, and get our support?"
Franz is not surprised, this is nothing short of fateful. Regardless of whether he admits that the Russians are losers this time, how can the losers not want to pay the price?
No cut of soil, no one ruble.
Such truce conditions can only be blamed if we can get everyone's consent. Unless they can persuade all European countries to endorse them together, the price is inevitable.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. That's what the Russian Minister said, they are not willing to take responsibility for this war."
There is no doubt that this involves political games within the Tsarist government. No one at the top of the government wants to take responsibility, and it's a rogue.
Franz was so mad that he didn't bother to care about the bad things of the Russians and said decisively: "Respond to the Tsarist government. If they think they can persuade the parties, we have no opinion.
If you can't, don't do these whimsical things, lest you end up becoming an international laughingstock. "
"International joke" This is the flaw of the Russians, and their diplomatic jokes have hardly been broken. They come once every three to five years, as if they are not making jokes, they cannot grow up.
Franz naturally did not want to accompany the tsarist government and treat others as fools, only to find out that the fool is himself.
The diplomacy is built on strength, but the heyday of the heyday of the Russian empire was like this. If the truce is a year ago, they will still have the power to not sacrifice.
Unfortunately, Moscow's gunfire ended all this. Internal threats were the primary problem of the Tsarist government, and foreign enemies were only secondary contradictions.
Even the most radical Polish nationalists would not dare to swallow the Russian Empire. Not to mention the strength, in addition to the Prussian kingdom, after all, the other companies are fighting against the wind.
The main forces of the Tsar's army were dragged by the Prussians. The enemies we faced were all second-class troops of the Russians, and their combat effectiveness was not in a grade at all.
What is tragic now is that the main forces of the Tsarist government are exhausted, and the combat effectiveness of the recruits is at best second-class. The fact that all major fronts are at a disadvantage also proves this.
The Prime Minister Felix analyzed: "His Majesty, I think this is the Russians who are testing our position.
Now that the war has progressed, it is impossible for the tsarist government to know that they can no longer fight.
The economy of the Russian Empire is about to collapse, and social contradictions have reached a critical point long ago. If the war is not ended, the Tsarist government will be finished. "
"Economic collapse, internal and external problems", Franz thought about it from the other side, what would he do if he was in the position of Alexander II?
Soon Franz came to the conclusion-stabilize first and then change. Regardless of so much, keep the regime first, and then use external pressure to promote social reform.
The victory of Nicholas I in the Near East War not only covered up the social crisis, but also increased the difficulty of reform. The ruling clique did not feel the pressure of life and death.
Now that the situation is deteriorating, may it be an opportunity?
After this failure, the strength of the post-war reformers is bound to skyrocket. Alexander II can also hold accountable for the failure of the war and take the opportunity to clean up some of the tapeworms.
If it is severe enough, it can also take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion and seriously damage the conservatives in the country.
This is a ready-made example. Austria completed social reform only a few years ago because of the reshuffle.
Franz did not doubt the ability of Alexander II at all, and this time and space has completed a social reform. During this period, violence was also indispensable, otherwise he would not be assassinated by the Revolutionary Party.
As Emperor Franz knew very well how difficult it was to assassinate an emperor. Without the cooperation of internal traitors, the Revolutionary Party would simply be out of reach.
How do you throw a bomb? Especially after throwing a bomb, when Alexander II checked the driver's injuries, he threw a second bomb and killed him.
Are the guards all wooden men? Someone launched an attack from close range, but gave them a second chance?
There is a time interval between them. The artificial throwing of the bomb means that the distance between the two sides is only tens of meters. Under normal circumstances, the assassin is either sieved or caught alive. There is no chance of a second shot.
Including the surrounding crowd, will also be controlled immediately. Obviously what the assassination case is covering, it is very unreasonable to analyze it on the surface.
Franz, referring to his own security capabilities, can conclude that without the inner ghost, the assassin cannot carry a gun or a bomb near him.
Security personnel around will bar strangers from approaching. Even if it is a political show, people who can contact the emperor have investigated the ancestors for several generations and determined that there will be no problems before they can approach.
In a country with a strict hierarchy in Russia, it is difficult for civilians to approach the nobles, not to mention close contact with the emperor?
Not to mention an assassin, even an assassin from a regiment may not be able to rush to the nearest tens of meters.
Franz was too lazy to keep tangling with these issues, and he could be careful anyway. Even in Vienna, it was accompanied by hundreds of guards and four-digit police outreach.
The safety factor is absolutely the highest. Even if an assassin sees this lineup, he can only retreat obediently.
Wechat private visit, that does not exist. The monarch who traveled in a carriage with a few guards only existed in the small projectile country. They can't put on the stage, they can only make up.
Franz said with a smile: "It seems that Alexander II is about to make a big move soon. Now he is probably deliberately indulging the bureaucracy and paralyzing these people.
The purge of the Tsarist government is coming. I guess Alexander II will launch a coup, clean up the maggots in the government, and then give them the responsibility for the failure of the war.
This is more than just doing one thing. Not only can it clean up the maggots in the government, it can also take the opportunity to suppress the conservatives, and give the people an explanation by the way.
The filthy minister was cleared, and the rebellion's excuses for rebellion were gone. It won't be long before the rebels get caught up in internal disputes. If the Revolutionary Party doesn't run faster, they may even be rewarded for their contributions. "
The foundation of the Revolutionary Party is too shallow. Don't look at them making a lot of noise. In fact, any revolutionary party in Russia in this era had only one hundred and eighty people.
They joined together temporarily in order to seize power. If it is not too weak, they will not accept the banner of "Qing Jun side, defile minister".
Although this banner unites many people, it also brings a problem. As the insurgent army grew, the Revolutionary Party lost control of the army.
The "filth ministers" have been slaughtered, the people's rebellion goals have been reached, and many people are about to withdraw. To put it plainly, many people joined the uprising because taxes were too heavy.
Alexander II can solve the problem with a few edicts, and put the blame on the bureaucracy. The people's resentment is out, and the tsar is still a good tsar.
People's hearts are still towards the Tsar, and the army also supports the Tsar. Neither the aristocratic group nor the conservatives intended to overthrow the Czar.
Including the newly rising capitalists, these people also think that keeping the Tsar is better than not having the Tsar. They supported the revolution just to seize power, not to say that they would really carry out a social revolution.
In a country where more than 99% of the people support the Tsar and want to overthrow the Tsar's government, isn't this nonsense?
In this regard, Alexander II was born in a good time + good place. The Russian revolutionary mentor has not been born, the proletarian revolutionary party cannot see the shadow, and the current bourgeois revolutionary group is not anti-imperialist.
If time is pushed back fifty years, or if the background is changed to France, it is already a republic.
The Prime Minister Felix disagreed: "Reform is not so easy. The conservatives in the Russian Empire are very strong. Nicholas I did not complete the social reforms. I am afraid that it will be more difficult for Alexander II.
I am afraid that what he can do now is only to carry out limited reforms, transform the feudal system of the Russian Empire, and increase strength in the short term. "
He had a say. During the reforms in Austria, the Hungarian aristocracy completely lost its right to speak. The conservatives in Vienna were swept into the garbage dump by the rebels, and the conservatives in Bohemia were attacked by the rebels in a piecemeal manner.
By the time the Vienna government announced the reforms, the conservatives were dead, and most people had lost their roots.
Even so, the struggle between the two sides has not been less in the past ten years.
Now the tsarist government can't rely on the rebels to clean up the conservatives. It needs the tsar to go to battle. This wave of hatred alone is enough to cause Alexander II a headache.
This is destined, and future reformers and conservatives will continue to confront each other under the force of hatred. Even with the support of the Tsar, it is difficult for reformers to surpass conservatives in a short period of time.
There is no way, according to European tradition, it is impossible for Alexander II to kill even the nobles.
The crime of embezzlement and bribery is too light, and it can only be regarded as a small loss for the aristocracy. When it comes to military supplies, it can only kill a few responsible persons at most.
Most people are just driven home or exiled to Siberia. These people have lost their lives and are still a hidden danger.
The Moscow rebels were very weak and did not make big news. There are no big nobles and big capitalists going out, and they can't do anything if they want to be involved.
"The emperor's side, the defiled minister", is naturally one step lower than rebellion. Even if it is to show the emperor's kindness, Alexander II will also issue a security order.
The revolutionary party is at the top of the list, and the rest need to be smarter. After Alexander II issued a pardon order, he decided to retreat and was marginalized after the war.
This means that conservatives only lose out in political struggles, and their power loss is not great.
After all, like Austria, the Russian Imperial Army is also dominated by aristocracy, and the Tsar cannot violate the rules of the game.
Franz nodded and said, "For the Russian Empire, limited social reforms are enough to create a world power.
They have a vast territory, rich resources, and a large population. As long as they have completed industrialization, they will be European powers.
If they really carry out a thorough social reform, it will not be a good thing for us. You know, it is the Russian Empire that has the potential to grow above us on the European continent. "
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