Chapter 1238: The Greedy Nature
Napoleon III only came forward to suppress the position, and did not say much, everything was done by Valewsky. He's actually more of a deterrent, after all, his status is here. The first-class powers in Europe, themselves at the forefront, are the three countries of Britain, France and Russia, and this gathering, Napoleon III said that it was to relieve the pressure on Britain and Tsarist Russia, and to help Britain and Tsarist Russia resist the constantly invading Eastern Empire, for fear that these two countries would not be able to save face, so they did not invite these two countries.
In this way, France's status as the only superpower speaks for itself. The countries invited today, with the exception of the Kingdom of Prussia, are dependent on France to a greater or lesser extent, so Napoleon III did not need to speak at all, but only Walewski.
And the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck, who was the main possible opposition, did not oppose anything, and the other countries did not oppose anything.
Therefore, after a little discussion, the general direction was determined at once.
First of all, the internal contradictions of the European countries had to be temporarily stopped and resolved, and the most important of them was the problem surrounding the Austrian Empire. There had been a truce between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire, but the Kingdom of Italy, which seemed to have gained an inch by inch, seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied, since there was still part of their territory in the north under Austrian rule. And the most acute, in fact, is still the Kingdom of Prussia and Austria, the last Prague Peace Conference, did not fundamentally solve the problem, the final war, although not as fierce as before, but still happen. Especially in the area of Simia centered around Bohago, on the one hand, the Austrian Empire insisted on taking it back and allowing the Prussian army to withdraw from Bohemia, but on the other hand, Prussia still insisted on independence under the pretext that the local people of Prague were insisting on independence, and the Prussian army occupied Prague from being occupied by the Austrian army in order to protect Bohemia and the people of Prague.
In the face of this key contradiction, Valevsky said directly: "On that day, we must unify with the outside world, and our European countries can no longer kill each other and mess up." As for the question of Prague, it had to be solved once and for all, and, by extension, the contradictions between Prussia and Austria.
We, the Emperor of France, propose that the Austrian Empire take a step back and give up the dominion of Prague and the whole of Bohemia, and hand it over to the local people of Bohemia, who will decide where they want to be, without interference from other countries.
But as compensation, the northern half of the Duchy of Moldavia and Wallachia could be separated from the Ottoman Empire and temporarily relegated to the Austrian Empire as a suzerain. And the Bordeaux Heights west of Kyiv in Tsarist Russia, as well as the Dnieper River basin, and even the Crimean Peninsula, can be recovered by the Ottoman army, and we all show our support for a resolute blow to the Ottoman Empire! ”
Speaking of which, the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and the Foreign Minister Baron Brooke were both happy.
Emperor Franz Joseph glanced at Prussian Chancellor Bismarck with some resentment, and said: "Since Your Majesty and the Duke have spoken, we in Austria will give Your Majesty face and give up the right to rule over the whole of Bohemia and the adjacent Moldavian region."
However, we in Austria do not have enough troops, and as we all know, there are still some troops to stay at home to prevent some empires with ulterior motives from attacking at any time, so we ask all countries to provide some weapons and military spending, and we Austria reluctantly recruit more troops to recover the restored principality of Kiev for Europe, and not let it fall into the hands of the Eastern Empire! ”
Emperor Joseph showed everyone his shamelessness. Prussian Chancellor Bismarck was the first to object: "How can this be done? Either we Prussia will send troops directly to help you occupy the Nabodol Heights and the area around Kiev on the Dnieper, or your Austrian army will send troops on its own.
In addition, Duke, we in Prussia can also help Europe against the armies of the Ottoman and Chinese Empires, and we can send troops from both East Prussia and Silesia at the same time to protect Poland and the upper reaches of the Neman and Dnieper rivers. ”
Bismarck's greed gave Valewski a bit of a headache, and he had a feeling of seeking skin with a tiger.
He didn't expect that this Prussian iron-blooded prime minister would be so greedy and insufficient. You know, his own proposal for Austria to cede the entire Bohemian region, including Prague, means that they will be annexed by Prussia. Although some time ago, the so-called Czech National Party, which was formed by elements of the Prague National Party, formed the Czech Republic, in fact, it was precisely because of the support of the Prussian army that it was reluctantly formed, and now, with the complete occupation of Prague by the Prussian army, the members of this Czech Democratic Party are becoming fewer and fewer, and everyone knows what the intention is. Unexpectedly, the Kingdom of Prussia, even Bohemia has not been completely annexed, and it will be staring at Poland next to it again!
But Poland now has more than 100,000 rebel troops, setting off an upsurge of Polish independence, and even the Tsarist Russian army can't suppress it. This is the rhythm that wants to completely divide up the entire Tsarist Russia!
Walewski could only smile and say with some embarrassment: "Poland is different, Poland is the group of Poles who are fighting for independence and rebelling against the rule of Tsarist Russia. The situation is complicated here, so it's better not to meddle. ”
Seeing this, Urbano Lataczi, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, also made up his mind: "Your Majesty the Emperor, although Veneto has been returned to the Kingdom of Italy, the two northeastern regions are still in the hands of your country, do you think it will also be handed over to us by the way?" ”
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After a series of violent quarrels, Napoleon III finally had to come forward to persuade one by one before finally calming down and reaching a unanimous opinion.
Napoleon III did not expect that when real interests were involved, these European leaders would make a lot of noise like a small trader in a vegetable market, without any aristocratic gentlemanly demeanor to speak of. I can't help but be a little frustrated, it seems that the French Empire is not strong enough, and the weight of my own words is not enough, so that the monarchs, prime ministers and foreign ministers of these European countries will dare to challenge their authority.
After some pacification by him, the situation finally moved in the direction that he and Valewski had roughly discussed, but only he and Valewski knew how much effort the French Empire had put into it, but let the damned Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia bear all this.