Chapter 891 The Tsar Wants More Blood to Be Shed

In the eyes of Frederick William IV, this was a war between Prussia or the German Confederation and Denmark.

But in fact, Britain, Russia, and Sweden all expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, and even France intended to intervene.

The British did not want the Prussians to rush out of the Baltic Sea, while the Russians had their own ambitions for Schleswig, where there was a port that the Russians dreamed of.

At the same time, Denmark also controlled the throat of the Baltic Sea. Britain and Russia would not give up this place whether for their own strategic needs or for the consideration of world hegemony.

In particular, Russia had a deep connection with it, and even the Tsar himself had the titles of Schleswig-Holstein and Oldenburg.

This theoretically gave Russia the possibility of acquiring this area, and the Tsar naturally would not want the powerful German Confederation or Prussia to obtain this place.

In contrast, it was more in line with Russia's interests for Denmark, a weak sovereign, to rule a region full of contradictions.

Sweden could not tolerate Prussia or Germany getting involved in Danish land from either a strategic offensive or strategic defensive perspective.

Denmark was the only possible direction for Sweden to expand at this time, and at the same time, it was in a relationship of mutual dependence. It was definitely not in Sweden's interest to let a powerful country occupy the position of Jutland Peninsula.

Although Denmark coveted Norway, its national strength was declining, especially the navy had not recovered for decades after being destroyed by the British. The fiscal deficit was serious, and it even had to sell its colonies to survive the crisis.

The Kattegat, the Sound, the Great Belt, the Little Belt, Denmark controlled all the waterways in the Baltic Sea.

Once these important waterways changed hands, the maritime economy and security of the Kingdom of Sweden itself would be greatly threatened.

Therefore, Sweden was also the most active country. Instead of protesting or issuing a note, they directly sent volunteers and warships to assist the Danes in the war, and even the nationalist sentiment in Sweden was alleviated.

Sweden was also influenced by nationalism at this time, but the Viking pirates were still relatively brutal.

The two Swedish nationalist leaders in Stockholm also wanted to imitate the French to hold a banquet. After the gendarmerie learned about it, they immediately surrounded the manor where the banquet was held.

The Swedish government did not give the other side a chance to surrender. The army was ordered to completely eliminate the target. As a result, all 37 people in the manor, including servants, were killed.

Similar incidents occurred later, but the government's attitude remained tough, but the effect of this was immediate. The nationalist arrogance in Sweden was much worse than in other parts of Europe.

However, this does not mean that Sweden is not troubled by nationalism. In fact, those people adopted more covert means to infiltrate the Swedish government.

This is difficult to eliminate, but fortunately, the first Schleswig War broke out at this time. The Swedish government immediately organized volunteers to participate in the war and linked it with the fate of the entire Swedish nation.

Most nationalists gave up the struggle in Sweden and went to the front line to resist Prussia.

The Russian ambassador to Prussia expressed opposition at the time. After the news reached St. Petersburg (it was open in spring), the Tsar was so angry that he almost smashed the table.

In Nicholas I's mind, Schleswig was already a Russian territory, and he immediately summoned his "advisors".

In fact, Russian civil servants and generals are like personal advisers of Nicholas I. They cannot make decisions that are solely controlled by the Tsar, but the situation still needs to be changed.

"The Prussians actually want to get involved in Schleswig, which is simply wishful thinking!"

The new Prime Minister Vasily Levav said with a little flattery.

It is difficult to be a civil servant in Russia, and it is even more difficult to be a prime minister! Not only is the power pitifully small, but the status is also very low. Not only do you have no dignity in front of the Tsar, but you also have no dignity in front of those military officers.

The former Prime Minister Hilarion was exiled to Siberia by Nicholas I for a trivial matter, and his life and death are still unknown.

Vasily Levav has decided to give up the dignity of a civil servant and try to please the emperor, but Nicholas I despises those spineless people the most.

"Do you think Prussia is incapable of taking Schleswig?"

Nicholas I said coldly, and Vasily Levav was suddenly at a loss. He didn't know what he did wrong.

"No, I just want to say"

"Do you think the Danes can hold it?"

"I don't"

"What do you want to say?!"

Nicholas I suddenly shouted and frightened the former to the ground, and the general beside him laughed mockingly.

Vasily Levav was very angry, but he didn't know what to do, because dignity was not as important as life.

However, from the look in the Tsar's eyes, Vasily Levav knew that if he didn't do something now, he would die.

At this time, someone pulled Vasily Levav, and the person who came was a young man. He patted the dust off the Prime Minister who was a little down and out.

"The Danes may not be able to hold it, but the British, Swedes, and even the French and Austrians will not want the Prussians to take Schleswig."

Nicholas I looked at the young man in front of him with great appreciation.

"Very good, Andre is right, it is not just us who do not want Prussia to take Schleswig. You continue."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. We just need to make our position clear, and the British and Swedes will solve the problem for us.

What we need to deal with now are the Poles and Chechens in the country. They are like two cancers that are eroding our national strength. "

In fact, the trouble Franz caused to the Russians on a whim was greater than he imagined. Although the supply of the Chechens was cut off by Franz, they were much stronger than imagined.

And because Franz's early funding caused the Russians to suffer much greater losses, the historical scene of the Tsar threatening the French Provisional Government to send troops did not take place.

Nicholas I's brows relaxed slightly, and he was thinking about this. In fact, he was considering whether to send troops to Schleswig-Holstein, because Russia's military strength was too stretched at this time.

Not only in Chechnya, a series of small-scale uprisings also broke out in Poland. The new Polish Governor-General Venbetrovsky was a romantic poet-general, but his methods were not gentle at all.

At this time, the Polish nationalists had evolved after the disastrous defeat in Galicia, and they began to seek cooperation with workers and serfs.

These Polish nationalists had realized that they could not defeat the powerful Russia, Prussia and Austria with just a few nobles and capitalists.

So they changed some strategies and began to look for some foreigners who sympathized with the Poles.

At the same time, they also learned to paint a rosy picture for the workers and peasants, such as there would be no more oppression, no more overtime, and no more wage arrears after the establishment of the Polish Federation.