Holy Roman Empire

St petersburg

Russian Foreign Minister Karl Vosser frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the Minister in Paris sent news that Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was restored on January 1, 1852, claiming to be Napoleon III."

After hearing the news of the restoration of Napoleon III, Nicholas I was angry.In his view, the Napoleon family, the upstart, was not qualified to act as the French emperor.

This is not only his personal opinion, but also tangible benefits.Napoleon relied on the popular election to break the tradition of "authorization by monarchy" and shake the foundation of all monarchy countries in Europe. This is also the origin of the anti-French war.

Suppressed this fallacious heresy, and now let Napoleon III be restored, is this not an insult to all participants in the Vienna Conference?The most important thing is to insult Alexander I.

What made him even more angry was that Napoleon III dared to challenge the majesty of the Russian Empire. After the outbreak of the Holy Land crisis, the French government intervened to shake the Russians' control of the Orthodox Church.

New hatreds and old hatreds are added together, and it is naturally impossible for Nicholas I to recognize the legitimacy of Napoleon III.If it were not too far apart, he had used practical actions to let the French know the power of the Russian Empire.

Nicholas I said disdainfully: "It really is a little deflated, but it just uses some tricks that are not influential.

Order the diplomat in France to issue a diplomatic note to the French government, condemn the shameless behavior of Louis-Napoleon-Bonabas usurping, and order him to abdicate immediately."

The restoration of Napoleon III was of course a quick mess, and in order to avoid interference by international forces, the specific time was kept secret.

In Nicholas I's opinion, this is a small family, without a trace of the majesty of the monarch, it is not worthy of being a member of the monarchy.

Carl Worsell exhorted: "Your Majesty, we can't answer so hard, this will continue to worsen relations between the two countries."

If you do not admit it, you will not admit it, and you will send a diplomatic note to disgust Napoleon III. This undoubtedly makes the relationship between France and Russia worse.

Due to the distance, Russia ’s influence on France is not great. This diplomatic blame is to make Napoleon III look ugly at first.

Anyway, even if the tsarist government roared again, Napoleon III could not abdicate. At this step, no matter what is ahead, he will continue to walk.

Nicholas I said disdainfully: "If you are afraid of something, you will be offended. Anyway, the relationship between Russia and France is the same. How can it be worse?"

Breaking the jar and breaking, this is the attitude of Nicholas I.Not because of his impulse, but on the issue of Ottoman, the conflict between France and Russia has become fierce, both sides will not give in, and the possibility of reconciliation is almost zero.

In the face of Nicholas I who has made up his mind, Foreign Minister Carl Worsell will naturally not withstand it. What is the matter of the French's life and death?

"Yes, Your Majesty." Carl Worsell replied

He then shifted the topic and said: "Your Majesty, the Constantinople negotiations have determined that there will be no results. With the support of the British and French Ottoman Empire, this time will not give in. Our next plan can be started.

In other words, war is coming, and now it needs an excuse that looks reasonable.Affected by European culture, the Tsarist government was not as reckless as it was, and knew the importance of being a bitch.

Nikolai I nodded and said, "Order the Duke of Myshkov to give the Ottoman Empire an ultimatum. If they still refuse our goodwill, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will choose an excuse!"

Goodwill, who felt the "goodwill" of the Tsarist government?Their appetite is so big, no matter how weak the Sudanese government is, they must resist hard.

Compromise is chronic suicide, and there is a silver lining in hard resistance. With the support of Britain and France, the Ottoman Empire is not without chance.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Karl Wossel replied

There are thousands of excuses, and they will always be found. The Ottoman Empire itself is decaying. There are too many messy things. It is too easy to pick their thorns.

Constantinople is the dream of several generations of the Tsarist government. This is not only pure military and economic value, but also contains huge political and religious values.

In short, as long as the tsarist government can successfully capture Constantinople, even the heavy losses are acceptable.

In this respect, Nicholas II was too stupid in history and ran to die with the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If he first bullied the Ottoman Empire and seized the Constantinople area, relying on political and religious bonuses, he could overwhelm all domestic contradictions.

In this respect, Nicholas I ’s strategy was completely correct, and Constantinople was recaptured. With strong prestige, it would be much easier to go home and reform.

The internal contradictions in Russia have actually attracted the attention of the tsarist government, but the opposition group is too powerful, and Nicholas I did not dare to act rashly.

Including Nicholas I himself, many high-ranking Russians opposed serfdom, but unfortunately they faced the entire noble group.

Now the tsarist government pinned its hopes on this Russian-Turkish war. As long as it captured Constantinople, everything is fine. If it fails, there is no way but to risk internal reforms.

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Paris

After the successful restoration of Napoleon III, the country did not immediately stabilize, the strength of the opposition was still strong, and the anti-imperialist uprising broke out in Paris on January 12.

Half a month later, the uprising spread to more than 20 provinces including Toulouse, Marseille, Limoges, Perpignan, Ballena, Toulon, and Bordeaux.

At this time, the role of buying officers was manifested. Napoleon III was much more responsive than the July dynasty, and immediately ordered the suppression of the rebellion.

32 provinces across the country have entered martial law. In just one month, more than 26,000 people have been arrested and more than 10,000 people have been exiled. White terror flooded France.

Because the insurgents lacked effective organization and scattered around the country to fight, they were quickly suppressed.

With the throne firmly seated, the trouble of Napoleon III came.The first is the financial crisis. In the process of restoration, in order to buy the hearts of people, Napoleon III greatly increased everyone's salary.

For example, the annual salary of a senator of Congress is 30,000 francs, the annual salary of the State Counselor is 2.5 francs, the annual salary of various ministers is 40,000 francs.

Napoleon himself also holds an annual salary of 26 million francs. Compared with the annual revenue of France's 1.23 billion francs, the emperor's annuity accounts for only 2.1%, which does not seem to be too high.

However, the account obviously can't be calculated like this. The treatment of the upper level has increased, can the salary of the lower level public officials not rise?

There is no doubt that Napoleon III is a good leader and cares about everyone's living standards, so the French civil servants are happy and the era of "high salary" has come.

Government officials have raised their salaries, and Napoleon III has also not forgotten that the army on the same front as him is promoted and promoted, and the salary increases.

Even the Catholic Church who supported him received 42.8 million francs in 1852.Compared with the emperor of Franz, who took the church surgery, Napoleon III was obviously a good boy.

In the day when the new emperor succeeded, and this day of universal celebration, Napoleon III also took into account the interests of the civilian population and abolished a series of harsh and miscellaneous taxes.

Then everyone was happy and shouted "Long live the emperor". The only problem was the finances.

With spending and income increasing and decreasing, the French government's finances are not far from bankruptcy.

Playing with people's hearts is the strength of Napoleon III, but when it comes to governing the country, he is still a novice, and this is just the way to go.

In order to consolidate the rule, Napoleon III also expanded the civil service, and the French administrative officials expanded from 470,000 to 620,000.

It is worth mentioning that in response to the crisis in the Near East, Napoleon III was also preparing to continue to expand the army, but was forced to shelve the plan because of financial difficulties.

Looking at the financial statements of Binglin's bankruptcy, Napoleon III asked with a headache: "Rue