Chapter 300 Another Continental Balance

Franz asked in surprise: "Really caught the assassin?"

According to his idea, after the failed assassination in Paris, these people have been hiding for a long time, how could they continue to stay in place and wait to die?

However, he ignored the inconvenience of communication in this era. The government received information early, but it did not mean that these assassins also received information.

The news published in the Vienna newspapers is still the assassination of Napoleon III, the arrest of the assassin, and the accountability of the Sardinian kingdom by the Paris government. These things have not spread so fast.

The fact that the Charcoal Party was big in Sardinia did not mean that it was also big in Austria. In fact, they belong to a cult in Austria, and their tentacles in Lombardy Venezia have long been cut off.

Even if the organization in Sardinia received the news, they had no ability to notify the assassins to retreat. Even the assassination case this time was decided by the people below, and the top officials of the Carbon Burning Party didn't know it at all.

The Carbon Burning Party is an alliance in nature and has only nominal leadership over its members. In fact, everyone still goes their own way, and there is no mandatory binding on the members.

Grand Duke Louis smiled and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty! After these assassins were caught, they insisted that they were French, saying that they came to assassinate you on the order of Napoleon III."

It's really funny, someone would do such a clumsy framing. Do you really think that changing a nationality can make people believe?

Franz said with a sneer: "Then look after them first, don't let them die, and they may be of great use later."

Ready-made excuses were delivered, and the Vienna government's reasons for supporting the French came out. An assassin who does not act is also an assassin. Under the circumstance of empathy, there is nothing wrong with Fao and Austria sharing the same hatred.

What's even more amusing is that the Carbon Burning Party is an open-faced organization in this era, and its membership is open to the public. If you want to throw a few scapegoats out, you can't do it. It's involved in the monarchy case, and no one wants to get away.

Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Cavour, the "Founding Three Heroes of Italy", are all members of this organization, and there are even rumors that Napoleon III joined this organization.

What can the Sardinian government do to hand over all these people? It is a pity that the Sardinian Kingdom, except for the king, has all the high-level officials in it, and the broken wrist of the strong man is not so broken. This is an unsolvable problem.

Grand Duke Louis replied: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

In order to incite the French to annex the Sardinian kingdom, Franz was also heartbroken. Even the opportunity to blackmail the Kingdom of Sardinia was temporarily given up.

St. Petersburg

No matter what the tsarist government is doing, when things go wrong in Europe in this era, they are always indispensable. As European hegemons, it is their responsibility and obligation to adjust the contradictions of various countries.

Of course, this responsibility is what the Russians consider themselves, and European countries have never recognized it. The European hegemony of the tsarist government was based entirely on force.

Nicholas I was very embarrassed. On the one hand, he hated the Italian radical organization that assassinated the emperor, and on the other hand, he did not want to watch the French expand their power.

Not only Nicholas I, but the monarchs of all countries in the entire European continent, except Franz, are facing the same troubles.

No matter whether Napoleon III is a rich man or not, since he has been recognized as the throne by everyone, he is a member of the monarchy group. Ordinary political assassination will be collectively resisted by everyone, let alone the assassination of the monarch?

Bismarck was assassinated, and Poland's independence as a scapegoat suffered heavy losses. It was not only brutally suppressed by Prussia and Russia, but also boycotted by European countries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Karl Woossel said righteously: "Your Majesty, this evil organization that wants to kill the king must be punished, and all leaders must be sent to the gallows."

This is politically correct, even the ally of the Kingdom of Sardinia - the British asked them to hand over the murderer, no monarchy can tolerate the existence of an evil organization that assassinates the monarch.

Nicholas I nodded and said, "Well, this evil organization must be eradicated. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Kingdom of Sardinia, asking them to arrest the murderer immediately.

The question now is how to prevent the French from expanding their power. The lessons of the Napoleonic era cannot be repeated. We must limit the pace of the enemy's expansion. "

Foreign Secretary Karl Wossel said confidently: "Your Majesty, it is not our family's problem to contain the French expansion. The French are expanding in Italy, and the British and Austrians are the first to bear the brunt.

We don't have to worry about this at all. Even if the French are stronger, there are Prussia and Austria blocking them.

Unlike in the past, Napoleon III is not Napoleon and does not have the talent of his uncle. Once the French entered Central Europe, they would be boycotted by everyone.

With the current strength of the French, they simply do not have the ability to sweep across the European continent. Once the French expand into Central Europe, we will form an anti-French alliance to destroy this enemy once and for all. "

It is purely instinctive to be wary of the French. Napoleon hit all the way to the hinterland of Russia back then. If it wasn't for a wave of life in winter, the Russian Empire would be over.

Therefore, in the struggle for continental hegemony, the tsarist government has always regarded the French as the first competitor, and of course the French also regarded the Russians as the first competitor.

The French willing and John Bull joined forces to launch the Near East War. In addition to transferring the domestic political crisis, it was more of a continuation of the hegemony struggle between France and Russia on the European continent.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Aristan Lirod reminded: "Your Majesty, the Austrians have developed rapidly in recent years. Although they are allies with us, the precautions should still be taken.

Now that the French have jumped out, no

Let Austria and them contain each other! We can also learn from the British and Austrians and play with continental balance. "

The Russians play Continental Balance, which sounds like a fantasy, but it has to be done.

The three main protagonists of the war in the Near East, Britain and France, have recovered their vitality, and the Russian Empire, the victor, is still recovering.

This shocked the tsarist government and was forced to carry out institutional reforms. Nicholas I was indeed old and lacked the spirit of his youth. In the face of strong opposition from conservatives, he took a slow and steady approach.

Besides, the Russian Empire is too big to rule it easily.

Cable telegraphy is about to become popular in continental Europe, but in Russia it only covers a few big cities, and it is still a long way to go to cover the whole country.

In this case, the central government's control over local governments is naturally insufficient. The reform measures that were finally passed were discounted when they were finally implemented.

The effect of the reform is not obvious, and the financial dilemma has not been solved. The Russian Empire no longer has the strength to coerce other countries, and it is a last resort to change the national policy.

Nicholas I sighed deeply. For a long time, Britain and Austria were the two countries who played the European-continental balance. He did not expect that Russia, which had always wanted to break the European situation, would now become a supporter of the European-continental balance policy.

"Forget it, let's do it!"

Having made this decision, Nicholas I seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.

Once the Continental Balance Policy is activated, this means that the Russian Empire completely abandons its expansion on the European continent, and the future tsarist government has less room for strategic choices.

But in the face of reality, they couldn't help but refuse. Even if it did not give up its expansion on the European continent, the tsarist government could not find a place to expand. The borders with them are all hard bones, and there is no way to speak.

Before that, the tsarist government had already done it, and the reconstruction of the Vienna system was part of the continental balance policy, but the starting point at that time was different.

Initially, the tsarist government was only trying to consolidate its hegemony and buy time for domestic reforms. Now because of lack of money, in order to save the cost of maintaining hegemony, we have to pursue a European-continental balance policy.