Chapter 31: No Poland
Vienna, the residence of the Prince of Metternich.
Since coming to Vienna, Adjani seems to have returned to that carefree time.
Every day, I wander through various balls and tea parties, witness the jealousy between all kinds of men and women, drunk dreams and death...
A whole bunch of suitors were obsessed with her and duels for her, but Adjani was no longer the sixteen-year-old girl, and six years of life of exile had made her accustomed to the wind and rain, and she no longer wanted to see anyone shed blood for such a meaningless thing.
Adjani stopped several duels, which earned her a reputation for kindness, while also being jealous of some.
Soon there were rumors that the duel was designed, but it was just a show, and there were even more vicious rumors that she was a prostitute, and the one who paid the highest price would get...
Adjani didn't care about these rumors, she just felt that human lives should not be wasted on such things.
The Battle of Warsaw was unforgettable for her, and the Polish army won fifteen consecutive battles in the first five months, eliminating 30,000 Russian troops.
Everyone was excited, and everyone thought that Tsar Nicholas I would accept peace and that the restoration of Poland was in sight.
But this is not enough to offset the huge gap between Poland and Russia.
Tsar Nicholas I's approach to Poland was simple, rude, direct and effective, if 30,000 didn't work, he would send 50,000, and if 50,000 didn't work, he would send 100,000.
After three months, there was no food in the city of Warsaw, and even wild vegetables were dug up, and the Polish soldiers ran out of bullets from their guns, but the Russians fought more and more.
At that time, the attitude of the European powers towards the great uprising was not unanimous.
Fearing the spread of the Polish uprising, Prussia sent troops to blockade the Polish border, confiscating 10,000 rifles and 100,000 pounds worth of gunpowder in Silesia alone, and capturing thousands of volunteers who were preparing to go to Warsaw to fight the Russians.
There was even an agreement with Russia, and the Russian army was responsible for suppressing the Polish uprising.
The agreement stipulates as follows:
First, before the Russian army crosses the Vistula, Prussia will complete the construction of the bridge.
Second, the city of Toruń will be used as a base for the Russian army, and Toruń will provide weapons, ammunition and food to the Russian army.
Third, if the war drags on or fails, the territory of Prussia will be open to the Russian army and the security of the Russian army will be guaranteed.
British Foreign Secretary Palmerston verbally condemned the Russian atrocities and offered to sell weapons and ammunition to the Poles, but only on the condition that the Polish side buy them with real money and pay in advance.
In France, Louis Philippe, who had just ascended the throne, was sympathetic to the Poles in his heart, and was very grateful that the Polish uprising had attracted Russian firepower, which had saved the July Dynasty, which had come to power through the revolution, from the possibility of Russian interference.
But as a coward, Louis Philippe immediately sent an ambassador to assure the Tsar that the French government would unswervingly abide by the terms of the Congress of Vienna.
French Foreign Minister Sebas even coldly rejected Warsaw's request.
During his visit to Paris, Russian Foreign Minister Pin Serlov repeatedly declared that the Polish question was Russia's internal affair and that any attempt to intervene would be regarded by His Majesty the Great Tsar as an enemy of Russia.
The arrogance of Serlov made the French government officials indignant, but Louis Philippe did not want and did not dare to intervene in the Polish question.
Given the weakness of Louis Philippe, it was natural that the Cabinet would not agree to intervene in the Polish uprising.
Only Austria's attitude was different, and Franz II's warnings to Russia were nothing more than farts.
Austria was deeply disturbed by Russia's expansion in the Balkans, and preferred to weaken Russia through Poland.
True, instead of closing its borders, Austria chose to open the door widely.
Not only were Poles free to enter and leave the Austrian border, but Austria allowed volunteers and arms dealers from other countries to enter and leave at will.
Even the Austrian army did business directly on the border, selling ordnance, food, medicine, and, if necessary, military training to the Poles and volunteers.
As a result, a large number of armed men entered Poland from Austria, and of course a large number of armed men fled into Austria when Poland was defeated, causing more than ten years of turmoil in Galicia.
Eventually, the city of Warsaw was breached, and Russian soldiers broke into Adjani's house, killed her parents, set fire to the house, and dragged her out into the street.
Luckily, one of Adjani's friends, a Russian colonel, arrived in time to stop the soldiers' atrocities and save Adjani.
Later, with the help of that Russian friend, Adjani moved to Paris.
During her days in Paris, the Russian friend wrote to her every month and financed her with a hundred rubles.
At this time, a Russian soldier earns 38 roubles a year, a cow costs 80 roubles, a serf with the body of a girl costs 300 roubles, and a colonel officer of the Guards Regiment earns 700 roubles.
Adjani's life was fairly wealthy, and she even had the money to go to the opera, but one day she saw a beggar in a Polish military uniform at the door of the opera house.
After some searching, Adjani found that many Poles had been exiled to Paris, and she was happy to meet so many of her compatriots in a foreign country.
However, most of the people did not do well, and due to the loss of their land and property in Poland, most Polish soldiers had to work as coolies and day laborers to support themselves, and some widows even had to sell themselves in order to survive.
Adjani began to help them, but one ruble could only buy 10 baguettes of 250 grams.
She ran out of money quickly, and then had to sell her jewelry and old clothes, but there was simply not enough to use.
At this time there were about 10,000 Polish exiles in Paris, the vast majority of whom had no stable source of livelihood.
So Adjani found the exiled Polish officers and politicians, and she wanted to form a Polish restoration army to give them a home.
Later, the widows of Polish officers were organized by Adjani to cooperate with the actions of the Polish Restoration Army, accumulate funds for the Polish Restoration Army, and seek information.
Devoted to this arduous but glorious work, the women of the Restoration Army regained their self-esteem, and they decided to establish three orders of knights, symbolized by the pansy as the national flower of Poland.
They are violets, tulips, and edelweiss to correspond to the three colors of pansy, purple, yellow, and white.
The three knights were sent to Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the three countries involved in the partition of Poland, with the obvious intention of using the enemy's money to fight the enemy.
Of course, the ideal is plump, the reality is skinny, except for Adjani's Violet in Vienna, the first three generations of Tulip leaders can already fight landlords in Prussian prisons, and Edelweiss digs potatoes in the ice and snow of Siberia.
Adjani had secured an "absolutely safe" territory as a branch of the Polish Restoration Army in Vienna.
The death of the top brass of the Polish Restoration Army continued unabated, and some new impossible tasks were dispatched.
But there's an even bigger problem in front of her, plaguing Adjani.
The fall of Poland taught the sisters of the Violet Order a lot, including enduring hardship and being strong.
However, the extravagant and flashy life in Vienna awakened the original memory of their bodies, and soon some people chose to sink, and many sisters chose to quit the Polish Restoration Army, directly find a good man to marry, and forget this past.