Just as Egron led his own parade to Lille and expressed his "view" about the Belgian independence movement at a banquet with local celebrities, a delegation from France also quietly set foot on the land of England under the gaze of the outside world.

When the delegation entered London, every move was watched by the outside world. Current affairs observers who wrote columns in newspapers almost wrote various analytical articles without hesitation, and claimed that the delegation would "decide whether the next generation in Europe would be war or peace."

It is no wonder that the British attach so much importance to it, because this is by no means an ordinary diplomatic visit.

Not long ago, there was another turmoil in France that changed dynasties.

Originally, the British had become accustomed to the troubles of their neighbors on the mainland from time to time, but this time the "sweep" brought them an unexpected and even stunned result. The heirs of the Bonaparte family returned to France and came to Paris with the welcome from Prince Talleyrand, Marshal Sirte and others, and seemed to be about to ascend to the throne he had lost.

In this era, no word could stimulate the British more than the word "Bonaparte". In the previous 20 consecutive wars, the British spent countless manpower, material resources and financial resources, and were burdened with astronomical debts. They finally suppressed the frenzy of France and destroyed the grand career of Emperor Napoleon. They are still happy to this day.

And now, Emperor Napoleon seems to be on the stage again.

Yes, it is the French’s internal affairs to decide who will rule France, but should they interfere with their internal affairs?

Accompanied by panic and shock, there were fierce debates. Whether in the living room salon or in the newspaper, there were people everywhere in debates. Should the Bonaparte family be prevented from taking office by tough means, or even use force when necessary.

However, the fierce public opinion did not affect the British government, and under the leadership of Prime Minister Duke Wellington, it showed an unexpected calm attitude.

There was no belligerent public declaration, no army assembly and mobilization, and no sudden additional emergency war budget, nothing was left. As the great hero of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington, who was at the peak of British military honor, seemed to be staring at the country that was facing each other across the sea with grudges and grudges in a calm and unmoving manner.

Of course, even if the British government remained unmoved, no one dared to ignore London's opinion, at least Egron and Prince Talleyrand would never.

Today, Britain is its most powerful period. Although it has suffered severe damage in the years of wars before, compared with continental powers such as France, Austria and Russia, its population losses and wealth losses are relatively small. The victory of the war has even suppressed its hegemony's biggest competitor. At the same time, with the support of science and technology, its industry is constantly expanding and developing, and it can be said to be thriving. The royal navy, which it is proud, is far ahead of the navy of any other country, controlling the most important maritime trade routes and channels in the world.

In a word, Britain is now the strongest among the great powers, and far ahead of any competitor, and it is qualified to remain calm.

England is a sleeping lion. Once it wakes up suddenly and pounces on its prey, it will be a vicious battle. History has proved that England will often be the winner in such continuous vicious battles.

Because of this reality, Egron and Talleyrand did not want to anger Britain at this time to trigger an unpredictable war, but instead they were willing to try their best to appease the neighboring country and gain valuable breathing space.

This delegation took on such a arduous mission to set foot on the land of England.

The young Count Alexander Varevsky was a member of this delegation.

After Egron returned to France, Alexander, who wanted to make a name for himself, ran to Fontainebleau to visit the supreme "brother" and devoted himself to the other party's command. Egron also seemed to attach great importance to him and put him next to Prince Talleyrand.

It was by Talleyrand's side, watching the other party's words and deeds, that Alexander had the idea of ​​devoted himself to the diplomatic cause and served the empire, and then he was put on the list of this delegation by Talleyrand.

Of course, he is only in his early 20s and cannot be qualified to serve as the head of the delegation. He is the secretary of the head of the delegation. As for the position of head of the delegation, Hugo Bernard Marre, Duke of Barsano.

This Duke of Bassano is not an ordinary person. In fact, he is a very senior diplomat, and even his qualifications are no less than Prince Talleyrand.

He was born into a civilian family. In the early days of the Great Revolution, he came to Paris and first worked as a journalist. Because he was good at writing articles, he was absorbed into the Republic government and participated in diplomatic work since 1792.

Later, in the midst of the political changes, he chose to cooperate with the ambitious General Bonaparte. Then in 1799, Napoleon launched the 18th monday regime and became the first ruler of France. At this time, Bernard Marre, who was only in his 30s, was valued and served as the Secretary of State for the first government.

He then served for Napoleon. After Napoleon became emperor, he was named Duke of Bassano for his many years of achievements in 1809. Later, Napoleon and Talleyran broke up, and from 1811 to 1813 he served as the French Foreign Minister.

In 1815, Emperor Napoleon restored and rebuilt the Hundred Days Dynasty, and he served the emperor again. Therefore, after the second restoration of the Bourbon dynasty, he had to go into exile abroad and was not pardoned and returned to China in 1820.

From this we can see that the Duke of Barsano has a deep experience, especially his relationship with the Bonaparte family. Although his prestige is not as good as Prince Talleyran, he is still half a "heritor". Since entering politics in 1792, Duke of Barsano has experienced forty years in the political and diplomatic circles, rich experience, and has a network of relations with various countries. Aegron entrusts such an important task to him, which is enough to reflect his respect and eager expectation for him.

On the original historical line, after the Duke of Orleans usurped the throne in 1830 to establish the July dynasty, Duke Barsano turned to the new dynasty. King Louis Philippe tried to appoint him as prime minister in 1834 to form a cabinet, but unfortunately he failed to form a cabinet because he did not receive enough support in the parliament.

It was precisely because he once cooperated with the Orleans faction that he had a rift with other supporters of the Bonaparte family and he did not participate in the Bonaparte family's restoration movement.

However, later, his son, Napoleon Joseph Maré, the second Duke of Barsano, became a court minister in the court after Napoleon III restored the empire and was once entrusted with important tasks. The Mare family once again served the empire after half a century.

Of course, in this world line that has been changed by Egron, the "future" has not happened repeatedly. The Duke of Barsano has firmly stood on Egron's side from the beginning. It is natural that he was entrusted with important tasks, and no one would be surprised or unsuitable for this.

Under the leadership of the Duke of Barsano, this small but prominent delegation quietly passed the English Channel and came to London. They were received by the British government politely but deliberately distanced, and were then placed in the French Embassy.

From this reception, they all felt the ambiguous attitude of the British - perhaps they themselves had not figured out how to treat the Bonaparte family who suddenly returned to the center of the stage, so they were still weighing the trade-offs.

In addition, the current political environment in Britain does make the government have no time to take care of it.

Shortly after the delegation had just set foot on British land, on June 26, the elderly King George IV finally passed away as expected by the outside world. Since his only legal child, Princess Charlotte, had already left him, his younger brother, William, 65, ascended the throne, known in history as William IV.

In this case, the British government, which is busy dealing with the change of the throne, naturally finds it difficult to concentrate on dealing with the delegation's issues.

Therefore, after submitting the application for the Prime Minister, the delegation has not received any response and can only stay in the embassy and wait for the news quietly. It can only pass the time by reading newspapers, playing cards or visiting people from all walks of life with permission.

As the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon, Count Alexander Varevsky certainly had no good feelings for the British, but he could not hate him. He was deeply curious about this country he had never set foot in. On the contrary, he tried to understand its political system, its customs and humanities, and even all aspects of society, so as to use it for his future work.

At the same time, as a diplomat, he also deeply understands that in international affairs, personal feelings are factors that absolutely need to be abandoned. A successful diplomat should be a master of ups and downs. Today's enemies may become friends tomorrow. "Love" and "hate" are meaningless things and may even be harmful.

If he wants to realize his dream, he must become another Prince of Talleyran (of course, private morality must be a little better).

Therefore, he abandoned his prejudices and read newspapers and books eagerly, observing the public opinion trends in this country and anything else worth noting. His diligent attitude also made Duke Barsano, the leader of the regiment, feel very satisfied.

In the eyes of the elderly Duke of Bassano, although his bloodline gave Alexander a great opportunity to reach the sky from the beginning, in this intriguing world of fame and fortune, if he had no ability, it would be very simple to fall down. The King of Rome would never show mercy to an illegitimate brother.

Therefore, Alexander was not complacent because of his own bloodline, and was able to remain sober and rational, giving him a feeling of being "teachable to children".

Of course, Duke Barsano was also very clear that he had both a backer and worked hard on his own. The young Count Alexander Varevski was destined to have an unlimited future.

The Duke himself was born in 1763 and is 67 years old this year. He himself knew that he must not have much time, but the family business he created, his duke's title was the success he achieved through his life's struggle, and it can be passed on to his descendants - and his descendants will naturally continue to serve the empire in the future.

Therefore, even for the sake of the descendants, it is necessary to make friends with Alexander, and it is extremely beneficial to the future of his family.

Because of this, like Talleyran, Duke Barsano often kept his secretary by example and taught him all aspects of his experience, and from time to time he would tell him some court secrets from various countries, which opened his eyes.

On this day, the Duke of Barsano chatted with Alexander after lunch, and this time, their topic came from news from France.

When Aegron was traveling to Lille, his public remarks finally spread to the UK after the newspapers' publication and reprinting, and then quickly became sensational news. Newspapers were using sensational titles to report these speeches, and asked experts to conduct various "analysis". The somewhat exaggerated squirting even made people feel that the war was about to break out tomorrow.

Compared with the storm of public opinion, the atmosphere in this room is much more relaxed.

"Alexander, what do you think of your Majesty?" Duke Barsano asked the young man sitting beside him while drinking coffee.

During this period, Alexander had become accustomed to the relaxed and relaxed conversation atmosphere with the leader, but of course he still remembered that he was the other party's subordinate, so although his expression was relaxed, he still inevitably brought the respect of his subordinates.

"Your Majesty has a good grasp of the measure, and I believe this improvisational speech was the result of his careful consideration," he replied.

As a diplomat, you naturally have to have the ability to see through the fog of words through the essence of the situation. After carefully reading the full text of Egron's speech, Alexander saw through these words at a glance, although it sounded sensational, but in fact it left room for room and did not reveal any substantial threats at all - that is, this is provoking the situation but it will definitely not cause any danger.

Although Egron is his "brother", he definitely dare not look down on Egron. On the contrary, in the interaction between the two, he was the weak and could only obey orders, so he had always carefully pondered the words and deeds of this younger brother. He knew that his younger brother would never be an impulsive person.

"You are right. Your Majesty has room for anything. He is actually urging the British to come and talk to him." Duke Barsano nodded slightly, then sighed, "It seems that our work has not made any progress, which makes Your Majesty a little anxious..."

The duke's sigh made Alexander feel a little unhappy, but he quickly comforted the old man, "Your Excellency, this is not our fault, it is the British who have been leaving us alone... We cannot blame us."

"But Your Majesty has never liked to defend himself." The Duke refuted him.

Alexander suddenly fell silent, he knew it was the truth.

Although His Majesty is very patient with them, if he has been spending time here, it will definitely make him furious and destroy the future of the two of them.

So we must continue to speed up the progress, at least let the British approach their own group, he thought.

And at this moment, a sudden news made him overjoyed.

The embassy finally received the news that the owner of No. 10 Downing Street allowed their audience.
Chapter completed!