"If I had to choose between the two, I would rather choose the republican government represented by Golitsyn!"
Hearing Louis Decaz express his views without fear, Jérôme Bonaparte smiled slightly. He somewhat liked the foreign minister of the "Third Republic" in front of him.
"Why would you rather choose a republican government than an orthodox dynasty!"
Jérôme Bonaparte adjusted his sitting posture slightly and asked in a particularly friendly tone.
Father Louis Decaze explained to Jérôme Bonaparte without being too humble or condescending, “A Russia that realizes a republican system can help the French Empire maintain the unity of Europe!
Especially the kingdoms located in the eastern part of the Russian Empire, who are naturally afraid of Russia, will unite more closely around the French Empire because they are afraid of Russia's recovery!
Russia under a republic system has a much higher hatred value than a Russian Empire!"
"The original French Republic did not cause the whole of Europe to become enemies of the same enemy!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders, "Many European countries did not obediently establish contact with us after entering it!"
“That’s because France had no territorial disputes with European countries at that time!!” Louis Decaz immediately refuted, “Ideological issues cannot indeed cause long-term confrontation!
But if it is territory plus ideology, then it will be completely different from pure ideology!
No matter whether it is the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Poland, which directly border Russia, or the Austrian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, which have indirect problems with Russia, they are not willing to see Russia's recovery!
If Russia is still an orthodox dynasty, then these countries that have conflicts of interest with Russia will definitely not openly oppose the Russian Empire!
Because no matter how poorly the Russian Empire does, it is still a member of the orthodox dynasty!
This also means that they cannot blatantly discriminate against the Russian Empire!
But if Russia is a republican government, then these monarchs can loudly claim that due to irreconcilable ideological conflicts in Russia, they must unite to safeguard the orthodox dynasty!
A siege network targeting the Russian Empire will appear in Eastern Europe!
By then, as long as the French Empire is willing to back up the Eastern European countries, it will surely be able to gain absolute leadership in the entire Central and Eastern European region!"
The words of Louis Decaz could not help but remind Jérôme Bonaparte of the confrontation between the two camps of "later generations".
The confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact was essentially a hegemonic confrontation. The two major camps of the United States and the Soviet Union hid their hegemony under the banner of ideology. The United States of America and the Soviet Union took this opportunity to gain control of Eastern and Western Europe.
part of the leadership.
For a moment, Jerome Bonaparte wanted to come to Prince Golitsyn's aid.
However, Jerome Bonaparte, who had calmed down, clearly understood that the current Duke Golitsyn was at the end of his strength. What he lacked was not rifles and cannons, but officers who could provide him with driving soldiers and command them himself.
In the final analysis, the Russia led by Duke Golitsyn was just a government established by a small group of Russian imperial elites who were dissatisfied with the tsarist rule. This government was not recognized by the vast number of serfs and military nobles living on Russian soil.
More importantly, the tsar who ruled Russia did not completely lose his base like the tsar during the February Revolution.
The nobles still loyally supported the tsarist regime and did their best to collect wealth for the tsar to support the tsar's military operations against the rebels.
The establishment of the New Russian Empire was nothing more than a fluke military victory, so their failure was inevitable.
Jérôme Bonaparte could not continue to bet on a bet that was destined to fail. In this case, the Russian Empire was likely to become the second "Mexico" of the French Empire.
After much thought, Jérôme Bonaparte turned his attention to De Ruys.
"Mr. Ruiz, what do you think of the speech made by Mr. Decaze just now?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked lightly.
De Ruys was a little surprised by Louis Decaze's "bold" speech. In his impression, Louis Decaze had never been as radical as he is today.
On weekdays, Louis Decaz always gave him the impression of caution.
Decaz, you are so eager to show yourself to the Emperor!
De Luys couldn't help but secretly thought.
Although De Ruys was a little dissatisfied with Louis Decaze's too straightforward and radical speech, he had to admit that Louis Decaze's speech was indeed the best choice for the interests of the French Empire.
For the French Empire, a Russian Empire with a republican system was far better than a Russian Empire with an orthodox system.
Immediately, De Ruys responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a positive and then negative manner, "Your Majesty, I don't think there is much problem with what Mr. Decazes just said!
However, we must also consider the actual situation!
At this stage, republican Russia under the leadership of Golitsyn has been compressed to the front line of St. Petersburg, and may be destroyed at any time!
Therefore, we must not provide any substantive assistance to the Golitsyn government!
Otherwise, we and the Russian Empire under the leadership of Tsar Alexander will inevitably fall into an irreconcilable conflict!
This does nothing good for the French Empire!"
"Mr. Ruys, you are right! We really cannot continue to provide substantial assistance from Duke Golitsyn!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded, confirming De Ruys's view.
Immediately, Jérôme Bonaparte changed the subject and said, “But we also need to be clear!
There were already irreconcilable conflicts between the Russian Empire and the French Empire!
Don’t forget that the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland was planned by the French Empire!
The Principality of Finland, the two Danube Principalities, and the Crimean Khanate also have the participation of the French Empire!
If I were Tsar Alexander (II), I would definitely not let go of the French Empire, which was the instigator.
No matter how we repair relations with the Russian Empire, as long as Poland still exists, there can be no true friendship between us and the Russian Empire!"
Jérôme Bonaparte paused, looked at De Ruys with deep eyes, and said to De Ruys unhurriedly, "Mr. Ruys, we can really allow the Kingdom of Poland to be destroyed.
The Russian Empire invades!”
Jérôme Bonaparte's questioning left De Ruys with a knot in his throat.
From a rational point of view, the Kingdom of Poland should not become a diplomatic stumbling block for the French Empire.
But sometimes, foreign affairs cannot be analyzed from a purely rational perspective, and the attitudes of Paris citizens need to be taken into consideration.
The France of this period was not the French Republic that wanted to destroy the German Empire at all costs after the Franco-Prussian War.
France, which has not yet been blinded by nationalist hatred, still retains the universal values cultivated during the Revolution (only for Europeans).
Therefore, when dealing with the issue between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland, every Parisian citizen is willing to stand on the side of the Kingdom of Poland, which once fought alongside them.
One of the important reasons why the French Empire and the Russian Empire parted ways after 1860 in history was the Polish National Uprising in 1863.
Napoleon III, who was coerced by the citizens of Paris, had no choice but to use the means of convening a European Congress to force the Russian Empire to grant relative freedom to Poland.
However, this also caused Alexander II to dislike Napoleon III even more, and instead chose to cooperate deeply with Prussia.
The Entente between France and Russia existed in name only since 1863.
"Your Majesty, I know them (referring to the Parisians)!
These people just say they are willing to fight for the Kingdom of Poland, but when it comes to war, they will definitely choose peace!!" De Ruys said to Jerome Bonaparte in a teasing tone
said.
Jérôme Bonaparte nodded sympathetically to De Ruys's remarks.
As a monarch who had "personally commanded" the Crimean War, Jérôme Bonaparte was very aware of the nature of these Parisians.
Most of these high-profile people who clamor to fight for human freedom are "celebrities" who have "immunity" from war.
Once the French Empire really needs to carry out large-scale mobilization, they will immediately become an ostrich buried in the sand.
Thinking of this, Jérôme Bonaparte let out a long sigh and said with a slightly helpless tone, "Having said that, sometimes, we have to take into account the influence of public opinion!
If one day the Russian Empire really continues to invade the Kingdom of Poland as it did before, we will definitely be roasted on the fire!
Therefore, I think we must prevent Alexander from becoming the winner of this war!"
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte explained his true intentions to De Ruys and Louis Decaze.
That was to persuade some revolutionaries in Golitsyn's government to leave St. Petersburg.
As long as these experienced and capable revolutionaries continue to survive, Alexander II will focus part of his energy on these exiled revolutionaries.
And St. Petersburg will no longer become the capital of the Russian Empire because of the exiled revolutionaries.
After all, St. Petersburg was the headquarters of Golitsyn's government, and Alexander II would not be stupid enough to tie his life to the revolutionaries.
Of course, these revolutionaries must be placed in secret!
If Alexander II were to seize the opportunity, the originally precarious French-Russian relations would probably fall to a new level.
After listening to Jérôme Bonaparte's explanation, De Ruys and Louis Decaz were shocked by Jérôme Bonaparte's audacity, and at the same time silently guessed in their hearts who would be responsible for this task.
implement.
Before the two men could select possible candidates, Jérôme Bonaparte pointed at Louis Decaze with two fingers, "Mr. Decaze, I have decided to entrust you with this noble and great mission.
