Holy Roman Empire

Franz asked in surprise: "Really caught the assassin?"

According to his ideas, after the failed assassination in Paris, these people had long gone into hiding. How could they stay in place and wait for death?

However, he ignored the inconvenience of communication in this era, and the government received intelligence early, but it does not mean that these assassins also received intelligence.

Now the news published in the Vienna newspaper is that Napoleon III was assassinated, the assassin was arrested, and the Paris government held accountable to the Kingdom of Sardinia. These things have not spread so fast.

The charcoal burning party is powerful in the Kingdom of Sardinia, not equal to being powerful in Austria.In fact, they belong to a cult organization in Austria, and their tentacles that penetrated into Lombardy Venezuela have long been cut off.

Even if Sardinian organizations received the news, they were not able to notify these assassins to retreat.Even the assassination case was decided by the following people on the head, and the top party of the charcoal burning party did not even know it.

The charcoal-burning party is of an allied nature and has only nominal leadership over party members.In fact, everyone does their own thing, and there is no mandatory binding force on members.

Grand Duke Louise smiled and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty! After these assassins were caught, they also decided that they were French, saying that they came to assassinate you on the order of Napoleon III."

It's really funny, some people will engage in such a clumsy mischief.Really thought that changing one nationality would make one believe it?

Franz sneered and said, "So look at them first, don't let them die, there might not be much use in the future."

Ready excuses came to the door, and the Vienna government's reasons for supporting the French came out.Assassins who do not act are also assassins. Under the same empathy, France and Austria have no problems with their enemies.

What's even more funny is that in this era, the charcoal burning party was an open organization, and its membership was public.If you want to throw out a few scapegoats, you won't be able to come out. Involved in the killing of the king, no one wants to get out.

"Three Italian founders" Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Cavour are all members of this organization. There are even rumors that Napoleon III also joined the organization.

What can the Sardinian government do with these people?It is a pity that all the high-level members of the kingdom of Sardinia except the king are in it, and it is not so broken for the strong men to break their wrists.

Grand Duke Louis answered, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

In order to encourage the French to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, Franz also broke his heart.Even the opportunity to blackmail the kingdom of Sardinia was temporarily abandoned.

St petersburg

No matter what the Tsarist government is doing, there was always something happening in Europe in this era, and they are always indispensable.As the hegemony of Europe, it is their responsibility and obligation to regulate the contradictions of various countries.

Of course, this responsibility is what the Russians think, and European countries have never recognized it.The European hegemony of the Tsarist government was entirely based on force.

Nicholas I was embarrassed. On the one hand, he hated the Italian militant group that assassinated the emperor. On the one hand, he did not want to watch the French expand.

Not only Nicholas I, but all the monarchs of the entire European continent, except Franz, are facing the same troubles.

Regardless of whether Napoleon III is an upstart, since everyone has been recognized as a throne, he is a member of the monarchy.Ordinary political assassinations are subject to collective resistance from everyone, not to mention the assassination of the monarch?

Bismarck was assassinated, and the Polish independence as a backfoiler suffered heavy losses. Not only was it brutally suppressed by both Russia and Russia, but it was also boycotted by European countries.

Foreign Minister Carl Worsell said rightly: "Your Majesty, this evil organization that wants to kill the king must be punished, and all the leaders must be sent to the gallows."

This is politically correct, even the allies of the Kingdom of Sardinia-the British let them hand over the murderers, and no monarchy can tolerate the existence of evil organizations that assassinate the monarch.

Nicholas I nodded and said, "Well, this evil organization must be eradicated, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a note to the Kingdom of Sardinia, allowing them to immediately arrest the murderer.

The question now is how to avoid the French expansion.The lessons of the Napoleonic era cannot be repeated. We must limit the pace of the enemy's expansion."

Foreign Minister Carl Worsell said confidently: "Your Majesty, curbing the expansion of the French is not a problem for our family. The French are expanding in the Italian region, and the British and Austrians bear the brunt.

We do not have to worry about this issue at all.Even if the French are growing stronger, there are also two countries that are blocked by Pu and Austria.

Today, unlike in the past, Napoleon III is not Napoleon, without his uncle's talent.Once the French enter Central Europe, they will be boycotted by everyone.

With the current strength of the French, there is simply no ability to sweep the European continent.Once the French expand to Central Europe, we will form an anti-French alliance to eliminate this enemy once and for all."

It is completely instinctive to be alert to the French.Napoleon hit the hinterland of Russia all the way. If the wave of life was not continued in the winter, the Russian Empire would be over.

Therefore, in the struggle for European hegemony, the Tsarist government has always regarded the French as the first competitor, and of course the French also regarded the Russians as the first competitor.

The French Ken and John Bull joined forces to launch the Near East War. In addition to shifting the domestic political crisis, more is the continuation of the dispute between France and Russia in continental hegemony.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stanley Rhode, reminded: "Your Majesty, the Austrians have developed very fast in recent years. Although we are allies with us, we still need to prevent it.

Now that the French have jumped out, why not let Austria and them contain each other!We can also learn from the British and the Austrians and play European balance."

The Russians play European balance, which sounds like a fantasy, but this has to be done.

The three main protagonists of the Near East War, Britain and France, have recovered their vitality. As a victorious Russian empire, they are still in cultivation.

This shocked the Tsarist government and was forced to carry out institutional reforms.Nicholas I was indeed old, without the courage of the young age, facing the strong opposition of the conservatives, he took a steady fight.

Moreover, the Russian empire is too large, and it is not so easy to rule.

Cable telegraphy is about to spread in continental Europe, but in Russia, it only covers a few large cities, and it is still far away to cover the whole country.

In this case, the central government's control of the local government is naturally not enough.The reform measures that were finally adopted were discounted by the time they were finally implemented.

The effect of the reform is not obvious, and it has not been able to solve the financial dilemma. The Russian Empire no longer has the power to coerce countries, and it is a last resort to change the national policy.

Nikolai I sighed deeply. For a long time, Europe and the United Kingdom have played the European and American balance. Russia, who has always wanted to break the situation in Europe, has now become a supporter of the European balance policy.

"Well, just do it!"

With this decision, Nicholas I seemed to be much older.

Once the European balance policy is initiated, this means that the Russian Empire has completely given up its expansion on the European continent, and the future strategic choices of the tsarist government will be even smaller.

But in the face of reality, they must not refuse.Even if it did not give up its expansion on the European continent, the tsarist government could not find a place for expansion.The borders with them are hard bones, and there is no way to talk.

Prior to this, the tsarist government had already done it. The reconstruction of the Vienna system was part of the European balance policy, but the starting point was different.

Initially, the tsarist government only intended to consolidate its hegemony and give time to domestic reforms.Now it is because there is no money, in order to save the cost of maintaining hegemony, we have to implement a European balance policy.