Zhukovsky was an ideal successor, and despite his age, his status allowed him to get the absolute new appointment of the Tsar, on the one hand, and on the other hand, he could get the new appointment of the old aristocracy, and on the other hand, he was a humanist, who had always opposed militarism, and he preferred Russia to be the envy of freedom and prosperity than to the fear of the might of force.

In Speransky's view, with this person, Russia can spend a few years in peace, time will let Russia learn to choose, just as flowing water will make the river choose the direction, the water will always flow downward, the country will always move forward, the direction is already right, it will take time to pave a stable river.

Speransky was still keeping an eye on the news from the outside world in the Imperial Village, and he was most worried that the Tsar would be influenced by the outside world and act excesses, so that the twists and turns that should not have occurred again appeared in Russia.

He did not wait for any news, the tsar seemed to have forgotten the old aristocracy, and after moving the capital to Moscow, the reports about the tsar, except for the reception of foreign envoys and various activities, did not go too far out of the cabinet.

The most significant act was the unprecedented bestowal of Tsarskoye to Speransky in gratitude for his excellent work in the service of the country. Tsarskoye was the Tsar's family property, which Speransky immediately refused. The document was returned, and the tsar did not mention the matter again, but his attitude was already clear, and by treating Speransky favorably, the officials who had been promoted by Speransky understood that the tsar did not intend to liquidate.

The Tsar was even very restrained in rarely appearing for gatherings of the old aristocracy, and rarely interacted with the old aristocracy, as if he had forgotten the old aristocracy as a class.

Moscow, which had just regained its status as the capital of Russia, soon became lively, with ministers and consuls from various countries coming and going, and Russia's international status was greatly enhanced.

The momentum of revolution in Europe was gradually curtailed, and little changed except for France, where the revolution originated, with a republican government. It took only a month for Prussia to quell the revolution, and the Prussian king mobilized his army to suppress the rebels, but agreed to establish a parliament. The representatives of the North German Confederation met in Frankfurt and issued a constitution of the German Empire, which finally elected the King of Prussia as a unified German Emperor, but the King of Prussia refused to accept it, mainly because he did not want to accept an empty title of Emperor limited by the constitution, and he still had to wage war with those unacceptable states for this empty title. The Great Powers would never agree either, at least France would certainly intervene.

The Frankfurt Conference was soon dissolved, the delegates were recalled by their respective states, and the reluctant liberal delegates moved to Stuttgart, only to be dispersed by Württemberg's army. This was the end of the revolution in North Germany.

The revolution in Austria was extremely tortuous, and the National Guard formed by Hungary was able to defeat the regular army of the Austrian Empire, and then with the help of the Russian army, the two sides fought inseparably. This is why it was Hungary that later signed an agreement with the Habsburg crown to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire, rather than Bohemia and the Austrian crown to form the Austro-Polish Empire, because the Hungarians showed their united national and state formation; However, because the Hungarian nation was more united and xenophobic, the other nationalities in the Kingdom of Hungary, who were opposed to the Hungarians because of their unfair treatment by Hungary, formed their own national army to fight in conjunction with the Austrian army.

After three months of fighting under the combined efforts of Austria, Russia, and other peoples in the country, the Hungarian army surrendered, and their leader, the poet Pedolfi, was killed in battle.

On the other hand, the war between Austria and Italy continued, and the Austrian army easily suppressed the uprising of the Italian states, and then fought against the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and continued to win, and the Italian army was as weak as ever.

As the state of war with the Kingdom of Sardinia was not over, the Austrian Empire did not dare to offend Russia, and after Russia helped to suppress the Austrian Revolution, the Tsar's prestige became exalted, at least among the European royal family and nobility, and he was considered the savior of the European people.

Needless to say, Russia once again became one of the leading powers in Europe.

Because of the renewed importance, coupled with the return of the tsar to power, all countries need to adjust their policies and work together, so Moscow instantly becomes lively and international.

And many foreign consuls wondered why the revolution did not reach Russia. Of course, they knew about Speransky's reform of serfdom, but this revolution in Europe was no longer more about the freedom of the serfs, but about the revolution of the urban class for power.

"Russia lacks a civil society, a social environment in which the people are free to influence each other and establish their own independent organizations between the government, the family and the individual. The relationship between the three in Russian society was distorted, the tsarist government was autocratic, the society was divided, the individual was enslaved, and the lack of wholeness in society deepened its dependence on the tsarist government. ”

The consuls of various countries in this era were often the children of nobles, they were accustomed to aristocratic life, even if they were in a foreign country, they often gathered, and did not mind expressing their personal opinions, and sometimes a lot of important information was accidentally leaked in this way.

A Prussian delegate spoke at the party.

"Bismarck!"

A pot-bellied middle-aged diplomat sat at the dining table, holding up a beer and shouting to the Prussian consul at the fire.

"The citizens of St. Petersburg and Moscow can order no less than Berlin!"

Diplomats did not agree with Bismarck.

Bismarck was very eloquent and immediately said: "Please remember one thing. Citizens and people living in cities are two different concepts. Citizens must be free. What are the inhabitants of the cities of Russia, the nobility and the servants who served the nobility, or should they be called serfs! They say that they are controlled by the aristocracy, an unfree group. Will they be able to form their own group? They can't even build a riding club! ”

"Yes!"

Someone raised a glass.

"Against. Russia has emancipated the serfs, and the Russian nobility is not as comfortable as it used to be! The city is now more populated by workers and merchants. Why didn't they have a revolution? Don't tell me, there are still nobles controlling them now. ”

Bismarck yelled: "Stupid! Don't you know that these workers leave their villages for a maximum of five years? In five years, they haven't learned to run a salon. The rich are busy learning how to make a drinking party for the aristocracy, haven't you seen the ball of the lady of the Russian city? I tell you, full of all sorts of posturing, funny characters! They are just beginning to clumsily imitate the life of the aristocracy, and you tell me when will they learn to fight for themselves in the Parliament? ”

"What about China?"

Someone asked in a loud voice.

It's a conundrum!

Bismarck was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry, it's another world, I don't understand where." Perhaps their emperor, like the Tsar, had a firm grip on his subjects! ”

"Hey, Joe, are you talking about your country?"

The Greek consul with a small hat said to a silent Chinese next to him.

The middle-aged man smiled: "I know, listen to them." ”

The Greeks, because they had a Chinese prince as king, were relatively close to the Chinese in European diplomatic circles. Greek diplomats are often marginal, not because of Greece's weakness, but because of culture. In the diplomatic circles of Europe, Britain, France, Prussia and Austria are culturally similar, and if you pull out an unknown small principality of the German Empire, they and the ministers of other countries can talk about a large amount of similar cultural content. At the time when these small European states emerged, Greece was either ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire or by the Ottoman Empire, after which they were cut off from the mainstream European culture for hundreds of years.

The same marginal characters were consuls from the Ottoman Empire or Egypt, and consuls from the Ottoman Empire and Egypt were often not even invited.

And even if they are invited, most of them will sit in a corner and listen silently, just like the Chinese consul, and they must attend when invited, not only for boring entertainment and politeness, but sometimes this kind of occasion is also an important place for intelligence gathering.

But the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese consuls will not be close together, they are alone, if the Egyptians are there, they will be with the Egyptians, if the Egyptians are not there, they will be alone together.

The other country that has been sidelined, or feels excluded, is the United States, the nouveau riche of the New World, and everyone thinks so. Strangely, the Americans were often close to the Chinese consuls.

Compared to the Americans, they are not bad, they can also interject, and American consuls tend to have more active personalities.

Just as the Greeks finished speaking, the American consul next to him also spoke.

"Why don't you listen to what the Chinese have to say?"

"Good!" "Yes!" "Agreed!"

Consuls from all over the world rioted. Although the culture is different and everyone stands in different positions in social situations, in fact, there are some personal relationships, and they are familiar with each other. Banquets like this are held in turns, but often there is a host and a main guest, and the others are accompanied, and the guests must be invited back, which is etiquette. The Chinese consul will also invite them to their homes, and they will become familiar with each other.

Today's banquet is the banquet of the Dutch consul to welcome the newly arrived Prussian consul Bismarck.

Bismarck's fate also changed, he was an aggressive man, but also a very intelligent man, born in the Junker family, the family had a large estate, the family era was an officer, and he was a typical German Junker aristocracy.

He received a good education from an early age, and before the age of 17 he entered the universities of Göttingen and Berlin, where he showed an aggressive side, insisting on carrying a sword, and dueling with people 27 times during his school years. After graduation, under the arrangement of the family, he went to serve in the army.

It happened to be a war, but it was not a regular war, but a war in which Prussia sent troops to fight for Poland when China was encircling Russia's two million main forces.

But he was not suitable for the peaceful life in the barracks, because of his performance in the army, as well as his status as an officer, after retiring from the army, he got a civilian position in the government, and he was not happy to do it, and he was unknown for several years, but last year's revolution made him a meritorious service.

When the revolutionary masses stormed his department, he drew his gun in the midst of a crowd of panicked civilian officials, and single-handedly held the revolutionary masses back for three hours until the arrival of the police. His performance won the admiration of the officials in charge, and after the revolution, he was deliberately promoted.

It just so happened that the diplomatic department was selecting a consul to Russia, and the two countries had severed diplomatic relations because of the war. Also because of the war, relations between the two countries became unfriendly, and the diplomat was also a spy, and the Foreign Ministry accepted a letter of recommendation from Bismarck, who had a military background, and he was given the position.

The Dutch consul took the initiative to invite the new Bismarck, and at the same time familiarized him with Russian diplomatic circles. The question of why there was no revolution in Russia was also first raised by the Dutch consul, because there was no revolution in the Netherlands and England, and the Dutch were proud of it and were happy to discuss the topic of revolution.

The heckling of the American consul aroused the interest of the crowd, and they were eager to hear the comments of the Chinese consul, because there was no revolution in China, and it seems that there will never be!