The words of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir effectively suppressed the chaotic discussion of many Lithuanian nobles, and even the Count of Grodno sat back in his place, holding his eyebrows between his fingers and sighing from time to time, as if he had figured out the key and accepted his fate.

After the decisive battle on the outskirts of Novogradok, the Lithuanian region was unable to stop the Taiping army from rampage for at least half a year, and the allies outside did not have the slightest intention of sending troops to aid the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, and the Polish army did not have the courage to turn around and attack the Polesiye region, but just marched towards the city of Kiev like a pretend......

As the de facto leader of the Lithuanian region, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir naturally has more abundant sources, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania are three-legged, and the two countries have never regarded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which has no popular foundation, as a qualified opponent, and they wish that Hong Tiancheng would stab the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom to the bottom, so naturally they will not lend a hand.

The only help to Archduke Janusz Rajvir was to accept his 'exile' on favorable terms.

Figures like Archduke Janusz Rajvir, even if he has lost all his territory, as long as he is still alive, has legitimacy and considerable popular prestige in the local area, and the foolish people of this era may not know who the king of his country is, but he definitely knows what his lordship is called.

The theory of descent has not faded in this era, and not only the upper ruling class has vigorously defended it, but also many people in the middle and lower classes have followed the trend to believe in the theory of aristocratic descent.

I don't know how many low-level businessmen who rely on business and trade to accumulate wealth and rise up, and they spend a lot of money to let themselves or their children marry a noble lady, so that their descendants can be contaminated with the blood of the nobility, this is the limitation of the thinking of the social elites in this era, which does not mean that they are stupid, on the contrary, the nouveau riche who can be qualified to marry aristocratic women are all human spirits, and their thinking inertia is just fixed by the social situation.

In the eyes of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, as long as he can keep his fiefdom, everything is negotiable, even if he is asked to kneel and lick Hong Tiancheng's boots, he will not frown, compared with the so-called glory and dignity, the fief is the foundation of his family!

Hong Tiancheng's previous practice of encroaching on the fiefdom of the Lithuanian nobles in Toucheng also gave Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir and most of the Lithuanian nobles present some illusions, and in the absence of the possibility of resistance to victory, he naturally gave priority to the path of self-preservation, which is common to any country and nation.

Historically, in foreign wars, if the aggressor is extremely strong, the local famous families tend to be polarized, one is to actively surrender, the other is to resist to death, which has many influencing factors, but the result is almost these two categories, compared with the insensitive and insensitive people at the bottom, the position of the big bosses is very clear, because they are big and popular, all of them are fat sheep, if they do not express their position, the end will be extremely miserable.

Under the realistic speech of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, the Lithuanian nobles quickly accepted the matter of sending emissaries to negotiate surrender, of course, the bottom line was to ensure that their sovereignty would not be revoked.

If the fiefdom is gone, even if they can't win, they won't compromise, since they will lose the fief no matter what, it is better to take the initiative to lead a group of untouchables to fight to the end, at least they can leave a 'good name', right?

After coordinating the great Lithuanian aristocracy, the Lithuanian aristocratic system sent an envoy to Hong Tiancheng who was entrenched in Novogradok with unprecedented efficiency.

Then, Archduke Janusz Rajvir, who got the news, smashed a room of his most beloved 'artwork' on the spot.

The reason is very simple, the interests of the other great nobles who surrendered to Cheng are easy to discuss in front of Hong Tiancheng, but this Vilno City, the Taiping Army must take it for itself and send troops to implement the real occupation!

Grand Duke Janush Rajvir was busy and looked back to find that Hong Tiancheng couldn't get along with himself, and he didn't think that he was angry to death, which was already considered to be the mentality of Grand Duke Janush Rajvir.

Ironically, the day after receiving Hong Tiancheng's unequivocal reply, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir again issued a summoning order to the Lithuanian nobles to discuss the question of the next 'undying' war with the Taipings.

Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, whose face is very much in line with the standards of the ruling class, did not blush and his heart did not beat to reveal his previous attitude of advocating peace, and instantly turned into a hero of Lithuanian national revivalism, and raised the banner of fighting for the living space of the Lithuanian people......

Well, at least Archduke Janusz Rajvir proclaimed himself and threatened all the great nobles of Lithuania with a limited reputation, if they did not follow him to resist the invasion of the Taipings, they would all be traitors to the Lithuanian people, a veritable Lithuanian 'traitor', and they would be nailed to the pillar of shame of history and whipped a hundred times......

In just a few days, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, who has a powerful network in Lithuania, has established the image of a national hero leader among the people and nobles, and the momentum is called an earth-shattering sound, as if the Lithuanian nation is doomed to perish without him......

Well, it's actually pretty much the same with him......

However, unlike the mass response expected by Grand Duke Janush Rajvir, the only people who really believed the nonsense of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir were those civilian armed forces and low-class civilians who did not know what to do, and of course, there were a large number of magistrates and small and medium-sized nobles under the command of Grand Duke Janush Rajvir who were patting on the back for the sake of sycophancy......

Archduke Janusz Rajvir can be regarded as having achieved his basic propaganda purpose, at least, among the people, his momentum has really been built, and he has used all the propaganda tongues at his disposal to successfully set off a war readiness movement in Lithuania against the reactionary aggression of the Taiping Army.

It's a pity that the support of the great Lithuanian nobles that Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir really needs has not been received!

Except for some Lithuanian nobles who lacked strength or were simply beaten into exile by the Taiping army, the Lithuanian nobles who really had a certain strength invariably kept silent about the letter from Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir, and began to write desperately to Hong Tiancheng in private to express their loyalty......

Originally the most prestigious Grand Duke Janush Rajvir in the Lithuanian aristocracy, now he can't even gather the Lithuanian nobles for a 'meeting'!

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