St. Petersburg, Russia

Nicholas I was obsessed with everything about the army, so ten of his thirteen most important ministers were of military origin.

An excellent young man looked more energetic against the backdrop of a crisp military uniform, much to the delight of His Majesty the Tsar.

However, the surname Uvarov still evokes a not-so-good memory of the iron-fisted monarch, the elder Duke Uvarov, a favorite of the former Emperor Alexander I.

However, during the rebellion of the Decembrists, he chose to support Konstantin (Nicholas I's elder brother), and although he did not take a direct part in the rebellion, such a person could no longer be trusted by the Tsar.

So this family with a glorious resume was driven out of St. Petersburg. In fact, the incident of being forced into the palace has always made Nicholas I haunted, but fortunately he is in a good mood now.

And the tsar was particularly open-minded in some ways, that is, he rarely took out his anger on other people's families.

"Andrey, you said it very well, so are you willing to serve the Russian Empire? I need someone who is both intelligent and brave to visit the Ottoman Empire to release my goodwill. ”

It was a great honor for a young nobleman to be entrusted with a heavy task by the Tsar, and although Andrei Uvarov's personality was relatively arrogant and cold, it was difficult to hide the joy in his heart at the moment.

"I am willing to serve His Majesty, and it is an honor for me to serve the Russian Empire."

In the eyes of Nicholas I (205cm), the young man in front of him was of medium stature (186cm), delicate and cold-looking, resolute but not dull, and the dark green uniform of the Russian officer was worn on him and fit unusually well, but the rank of major was slightly lower.

In fact, if Andrei Uvarov was not the eldest son of the duke's family, then he was at most a lieutenant at this time.

"Well, this is how the young man should be, I will promote you to major general now, and you will go to the Ottoman Empire with Mainekov.

Remember, don't forget what you said. I wait for your good news. ”

"Yes! His Majesty Tsar Ula! Andrei Uvarov usually disdains such slogans, but when it came to this time, he found that he was also shouting so smoothly.

London, 10 Downing Street

Robert Peel slammed the information on the table, he couldn't believe that aid to the miners had come from Prussia, and that they were "dangerous elements".

The Prime Minister at this time even suspected that the Prussians were plotting some earth-shattering conspiracy, after all, their Chancellor of the Exchequer, Friedrich Liszt, had just visited to smuggle British goods.

It is said to be smuggling, but in fact it is a monopoly monopoly; After all, the German Customs Union is now full of Austrian goods, and Prussia's industrial base is so backward that it seems to be a complete dream to catch up and surpass it.

But this Mr. Liszt was a ruthless man who took the unusual path, and he understood that the primitive accumulation of capital was bloody - either to bleed others or to bleed himself.

So now that you know this, how do you act? Quite simply, Austria can sweep Central Europe, but can it deal with Britain, the world's No. 1?

Having personally visited England and Austria, he knew that the citizens of the former were clearly working harder, while the latter were spending more energy on infighting and consumption.

Of course, it is precisely because the Austrians like to spend money that the German Customs Union has not been hollowed out by it. So Friedrich Liszt's curvilinear strategy of saving the country made Frederick Wilhelm IV heartbroken.

After thinking about it, Robert Peel even wanted to act, but he was a little puzzled by the fact that the Prussians had played a role in the previous miners' strike.

Now the United Kingdom is stretching too long on the front around the world, and all aspects at home and abroad are involved in the energy of this first assistant, and the gray hair is ironclad proof.

He deeply felt that the "3,000 civil servants" system, which made the British proud, could no longer meet the growing needs of the empire.

The large number of temporary and outsourced workers greatly reduces administrative efficiency, while also creating a lot of waste and corruption.

But if he wants to change this system and involves high-level interests, he only dares to refresh his mind.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace

Franz was also troubled by domestic corruption. Friedrich's fleet to Asia and Africa and his preoccupation with quelling the unrest in Africa led to a shortage of escort ships for normal trade.

The mysterious disappearance of a gold ship from Mexico to Austria was at first a pity for Franz, who could have encountered various disasters at sea and even pirates.

But soon information came that an Austrian gold ship had been spotted in Boston Harbor in the United States. Tens of millions of florins disappeared, and more importantly, detailed information on the Austrian side was revealed to the United States.

This made the Empire's activities in the Atlantic extremely insecure in the future, and because Tasan Anna talked about the Emancipation Proclamation all day long, and really did what the Americans did only hundreds of years later, there were frequent mass exodus of black slaves in the South and the French colonies of Texas.

And Tasan Anna's black guard has also grown from more than 2,000 to more than 8,000, and this is not counting the number lost in the civil war, otherwise the total number would have exceeded 10,000 long ago.

The Black Legion played an important role in the Mexican Civil War, and its leader, Diego, became the first black general in Mexican history.

But giving blacks and whites the same rights caused discontent among the populace and the opposition, and annoyed slave owners in the American South and Texas.

Relations between Mexico and the French Texas colonies were already very poor, and at this time, Washington received news about large gold mines, and I was afraid that a major war was inevitable.

In fact, since arriving in Texas, Kizot has been flooding up the local tax revenue, causing complaints from farmers and factory owners.

However, the gap between the American cowboys and the French regular army is not ordinarily large, and the latter only needs one-third of the former's strength to win the battle, and if the two are equal, it will be a complete slaughter.

So these Yankees can only honestly pay taxes to Guizot, but these guys also make demands, that is, the problem of slave loss must be solved.

As a result, the former French minister, the new governor of Texas, continued to buy slaves from Dutch and Portuguese merchants, while instructing his subordinates to be more vigilant about the increased number of slave escapes.

In fact, he also understood that there could never be a real peace between Texas and Mexico and the United States, so he took it for granted that the Emancipation Proclamation was a Mexican plot against France.

Guizot sought a number of French writers and legal experts to refute the declaration, but they all failed, after all, France itself recognized that the slave trade was neither humane nor legal.

Washington, White House

John Taylor weighed the pros and cons of war with Mexico and eventually wrote a letter to King Louis Philippe.

(End of chapter)