Ernst, a diplomat from St. Petersburg, did not personally receive him, and several officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were in charge of receiving him, and even the Minister of Foreign Affairs did not show up. It is clear that this attitude somewhat angered several high-ranking officials of the Soviet government, one of whom wanted to protest something, but was eventually stopped by his own people.

"Protests don't work, you should know that."

At the head of the group was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Soviet Government, Goromko, who was ranked in the top 10 of the party, and his arrival was proof of the importance that the Soviet Government attached to this diplomatic event. Goromiko had expected this to be the result on the way, so he was neither surprised nor angry, and if it had been him, he might have done the same.

Goromiko had already spoken, and the others naturally had no choice but to keep silent, and Ernst refused to meet with them, so they could only suppress their anger and negotiate with the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of the Czech Republic. What made them even more dissatisfied was the absence of either the Czech Prime Minister or the Minister for Foreign Affairs during the period.

In the past two days, Ernst has spent a lot of time visiting Nicholas II, after all, he is Ernst's father-in-law, Nicholas II also earned a hereditary count title in the Czech Duchy, and the annual income of more than 2,000 acres of land in the suburbs of Prague is enough to sustain his life, and Alexei, the former crown prince of Russia, who is at leisure, often meets with the nobles of the Czech principality and contacts each other.

Nicholas II did not resist much of his son's approach, and Nicholas II knew very well the truth that those who knew the times were handsome. He understands that the throne is already an extravagant hope for him, so why do he still insist on sticking to those old rules? Alexei is the only heir to his bloodline, and as long as he lives and lives better, he doesn't think much about anything else.

After all, Nicholas II was the monarch of a great power who had been emperor for many years, and even if some of his practices led to the fall of today's Russian Empire, many things were still valuable, and Ernst thought that he could learn a lot from him. Especially when it comes to suppressing the revolution, you must know that this Nicholas II is called the "executioner".

With the arrival of the United States and the example of France, the winds of revolution in Europe were also very strong, and it was inevitable that Ernst would have some contradictions with them if he wanted to maintain the imperial system. Repression is not the only solution, nor the most effective, but to some extent it is the most direct.

Nicholas II can be said to be Ernst's teacher in the true sense of the word, and the things of the monarch are not something that ordinary teachers can teach, Archduke Ferdinand can, but he is not suitable to come to the Czech principality.

In 1918, the results of the war were already obvious, although the Russian Empire withdrew from the war because of the revolution, but the United States entered the war to give the navy an advantage, and after the Battle of Jutland, the sea supremacy has been firmly controlled by the British, so how can the Allies be opponents? Especially since 1916, the Allies began to gradually lose the initiative, the Eastern Front battlefield is better, the Western Front battlefield can not be said to be defeated, but it is not much stronger.

The attitude towards the war gradually became clear, and it was undoubtedly a major crisis for Austria-Hungary, which was almost patchwork together. Although the Habsburgs had a great deal of influence among many national leaders, they also had to start looking for a way out for themselves at this time.

Seeing that the Entente was about to win, they were ready to follow the example of the Czech principality and establish their own state from the old empire, and at this time, the Entente also had representatives to preach nationalism, which was a gesture of goodwill and a covert promise, and these national leaders had no reason not to seize this opportunity.

Although the leaders did not explicitly express their desire to secede, they could be seen in their frequent contacts. The new Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl also saw this, but he couldn't do anything, he was not his uncle Emperor Franz, he was still a little unfamiliar with this country, and the control was not comparable to Emperor Franz or Archduke Ferdinand.

The Habsburgs also held frequent meetings, the main content of which was very simple, how to solve the crisis, and if they could, they were even willing to give up the throne to Archduke Ferdinand. Of course, no one mentioned Ernst, as if he were a taboo at this time with the Habsburgs.

Even if the big family is a royal family, there are internal strife, Archduke Ferdinand does not have as much military power as Ernst, if Archduke Ferdinand becomes emperor, then the elders of the Habsburg family can still restrain him and ensure their own interests, but if it is replaced by Ernst......

The nobles of the Czech principality did not want to see the result, and they were even terrified when they first heard that the Czech nobles had been imprisoned and killed. There are rules everywhere, and Ernst is obviously the one who breaks them, which is the main reason why he is not popular with the old aristocratic families.

It has been a long time since he became the royal family of the Czech principality, and most of his friends are from declining aristocracy, and there is not a single real old family, and this is the main reason. Bert was often disappointed, and some of the minor nobles in Prague would receive banquet invitations from nobles from all over the world, but their Grand Duke was never welcome.

What does the unpopular protagonist in Bert's heart do? He watched for a long time as the agents from Austria-Hungary brought back the news of the preparation of independence, which, combined with the history he knew, the Austro-Hungarian Empire might be about to fall. To be honest, he still has a lot of feelings for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after all, the first thing he sees when he opens his eyes is the luxurious Vienna Imperial Palace.

There was no way for Ernst to become independent of the regions, but there was one thing he was very confident in, and that was to secure the position of the Emperor of Austria, but to whom...... He could never do it himself, even if he thought that the nobles of Austria would not agree. In particular, he was also the monarch of a defeated country, which could easily cause Britain, France and the United States to be wary.

Archduke Ferdinand and Maisimilian are the only two candidates, Archduke Ferdinand is undoubtedly the most suitable, but his body is not suitable, and the British, French and American sides also need to be worried. Misimilian had no such concerns, but his ability and attitude towards Ernst made Ernst a little worried.

After much hesitation and no decision, Ernst finally decided to wait, after all, the Allies had not yet surrendered at this time, and Germany was still trying to keep an eye on the French border.

Germany is militaristic, Wilhelm II nominally controls all the power, but in fact it is the German generals who really control the power, and when the war will end depends on their attitude. Ernst felt that the fact that Germany had not yet surrendered at this time was mainly because of himself and because the Czech Duchy was still a large number of new troops.

More than 200,000 Wehrmacht of the Czech Duchy has gone to the front, but this is not what Germany wants, what he wants is the Royal Army of the Czech Duchy, and the request from the German military department has arrived, and the temptation is getting bigger and bigger, and there is even a promise to divide the entire Polish region and even some important areas of France to the Czech Duchy in the future.

The temptation is strong enough, but will Ernst agree? The answer is naturally no, more than 100,000 Royal Army may be able to affect the victory or loss of the entire war, but it is an indisputable fact that the sea control is in the hands of Britain and the United States. What if it dominates Europe? At this time, how long can the situation of the Central Powers be supported, as long as the sea control is not in their own hands, then defeat is doomed, even if France is captured.

Some people may say that Britain and the United States cannot attack, but the control of the sea is in the hands of others, and in the end, Britain and the United States may not be the final winners, but they will never be allies.

Ernst would never do anything that was not beneficial, especially since it was very likely to lead to nothing after the defeat, which Ernst would never allow, and only he knew how much effort Ernst had put in to this day, and it was so difficult to even see Archduchess Maria after being married for so long.

In particular, the Czech Duchy was only the first step in Ernst's success, and all the European countries suffered heavy losses because of this war, but the Czech Duchy was not only without losses but also gained. This is the benefit of geographical location, which is incomparable to others, if the three sides are not their allies but enemies, then Ernst will not have today's golden finger no matter how big it is.

From the beginning of the war to the present, the only thing Ernst had to guard against was the Russian Empire, and because there were still a large number of allies on the left and right flanks, the Czech principality had very little military expenditure or war losses, and if it were not for the newly acquired Polish region being shattered, the economy of the Czech principality might have improved. However, there were disadvantages and advantages, not to mention the increase in land and population, and the arrival of a large number of former Russian nobles also contributed to the economic growth of Poland in one way, which saved the Czech principality a large amount of money for reconstruction.