Moral and diplomatic help? Very good, this behavior is very British.
Jerome Bonaparte secretly approved of Britain's behavior of "adding insult to injury".
For the island countries that are separated from the European continent, the Kingdom of Britain is simply a natural troublemaker. Their core policy lies in the continental balancing strategy, so it is simply a fantasy to let them take chestnuts from the fire for the Sardinian Dynasty.
Perhaps Palmerston himself is also waiting for the French Republic to take action, otherwise the Austrian Empire's sphere of influence will invade France's Lower Road.
Since the differences between the Holy Alliance have not yet expanded to the point of rupture, Jérôme Bonaparte estimated that Britain would not be willing to act without help.
Not to mention that during this period, the fool Tsar Nicholas I of the Russian Empire and the "little fresh meat" Emperor Joseph Franz of the Austrian Empire happened to be at the stage of "stuck knees", and 140,000 Russian troops had not yet evacuated from the Kingdom of Hungary.
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[ps: On August 15, 1849, the Hungarian independence activist Kossuth was suppressed. 】
Britain can only sit on the sidelines and provide moral assistance to Sardinia, just as the Kingdom of Britain sat back and watched the Kingdom of Sardinia besiege the Fourth Corner Fortress of Lombardy a year ago.
"Mr. Minister Tocqueville!" Jérôme Bonaparte spread his hands and sighed: "Since Minister Palmerston has made a choice for the year, I think the French Republic should also make the same choice as the British Kingdom. You can
Draft an announcement with the following content.”
Jérôme Bonaparte cleared his throat and said in his earthy accent: "The French Republic is a peace-loving country, and we deeply regret the unfortunate experience of the Kingdom of Sardinia! We hope that the Austrian Empire and the
Both parties in the Kingdom of Sardinia can restrain each other, tolerate and understand each other in order to maintain a stable European peace environment."
Jérôme Bonaparte imitated the vague diplomatic rhetoric of a certain great country in his previous life, and the whole point was to make the Sardinian dynasty lie down.
"Your Excellency, the British Kingdom is far away from the European continent. Of course they can do nothing!" Tocqueville tried to persuade Jerome Bonaparte: "But France is different. We are on the European continent. Anywhere on the European continent.
All changes in the market will have a certain impact on the Republic."
"Mr. Minister Tocqueville, you seem to have forgotten what the original mission of the Kingdom of Sardinia was?" Jérôme Bonaparte was too lazy to argue with this minister who was full of romanticism and pessimism.
In order to balance the power of the cabinet, he would never agree to Tocqueville's entry into the cabinet.
Jerome Bonaparte explained in an aggressive tone: "My uncle led the French army to defeat them six times. Even if they won in the end and their soldiers came to Paris, it was still a tragic victory. The reason why they
The reason why I dare not wantonly dismember France is because of the power of my uncle and the French people. No one wants to see the Republic of 1792 re-established in Paris.
Once they choose to dismember France, it will inevitably lead to the people of Paris spontaneously taking up spears and launching a war against the invaders. If France has another talented military leader like my uncle and replicates the original miracle, will they be forced to overdraw their national power?
, or even risk the destruction of the army in the six alliances against France?
They established the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the north and the Kingdom of Sardinia in the south. They would serve as the outpost guard of France and be responsible for the first wave of local French attacks, so that the Prussian army in the Rhineland and the Austrian Imperial army in Lombardy could have time to carry out their duties.
react.
However, they did not calculate that the Kingdom of the Netherlands split into a Kingdom of Belgium. The Kingdom of Sardinia was coerced by the Italian national unification sentiment and declared war on Austria. What was originally a barrier against French invasion turned into an opposition to them.
arms."
Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Tocqueville with a playful expression.
In just over thirty years, the tone set by the Congress of Vienna was completely destroyed.
This is history's dimensionality-reducing blow to Metternich and other major chess parties. The poor Rhineland became the richest land in Germany in thirty years. Lombardy and Venice, which enjoyed the reputation of wealth in the Middle Ages, became
It became a useless place for the Austrian Empire.
Any so-called big chess party will become a joke in the face of history.
Tocqueville was silent for a long time. He didn't know how to persuade Jérôme Bonaparte. His heart gradually inclined towards Jérôme Bonaparte's remarks.
"Mr. Minister Tocqueville, we have no reason to persuade French citizens to take chestnuts from the fire for a kingdom!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Tocqueville with a straight face: "So, I will never allow you to intervene in Sardinia on your own initiative.
kingdom."
Jérôme Bonaparte's resolute attitude of not agreeing to support completely extinguished his desire to support the Sardinian dynasty. Without the endorsement of the president, Tocqueville, the foreign minister, could not accomplish anything.
"Okay! Mr. President, I understand!" Frustrated Tocqueville responded in a low tone.
"Mr. Minister, I think you have nothing important to report!" Jérôme Bonaparte glanced at the brand-new grandfather clock placed in the corner of the study and issued an order to expel Tocqueville.
"Mr. President, I wish you a happy holiday!" Tocqueville bowed slightly to Jérôme Bonaparte and left in a carriage accompanied by Pesini.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was watching Tocqueville leave, called Mokar: "Help me call Baron Huebner of Austria!"
Mokar glanced at Jérôme Bonaparte in surprise, but said faithfully: "Yes!"
[Baron Alexander von Huebner (1811-1892): In 1849, he was responsible for the diplomatic affairs of the Austrian Empire in Paris. In September, he was promoted to the ambassador of the Austrian Empire to France. 】
On the other hand, Tocqueville, who was sitting in the carriage, did not choose to go home first, but ordered the carriage to go to the Sardinian Embassy in France.
Tocqueville believed that he needed to inform the Sardinian ambassador to France of France's attitude.
The carriage carrying Tocqueville stopped in front of a three-story mansion.
"Your Excellency, the Sardinian Embassy has arrived!" the coachman said to Tocqueville.
Tocqueville, who had closed his eyes and was thinking about French foreign affairs, opened his eyes, opened the car door and got out of the car, then went straight to the steps of the same embassy and knocked on the door of the embassy.
The Sardinian Embassy opened the door slowly, and a soldier wearing a black military uniform opened the door.
Not knowing Tocqueville, he glanced at Tocqueville in surprise and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"I am Tocqueville, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France. I have an urgent matter and I want to see your diplomatic ambassador!" Tocqueville said to the Sardinian military attaché in a hurried tone.
The soldier who received Tocqueville's reply of announcing his home address quickly opened the door to greet him, and under his leadership Tocqueville came to the reception hall.
"Please wait a moment! I'm going to see Mr. Ambassador right now!" The soldier who had settled Tocqueville slightly leaned forward and left.
After a while, the eyed Sardinian ambassador, led by the Sardinian military attaché, came to Tocqueville.
"Minister Tocqueville, welcome to the embassy!" the Sardinian ambassador quickly came to Tocqueville and stretched out his hand to say to Tocqueville.
"Mr. Ambassador!" Tocqueville shook the Sardinian ambassador's hand and nodded.
The two people sitting on the sofa began a formal meeting.
At this time, Sardinia, whose country was being bullied by the Austrian Empire, looked at it with earnest eyes and asked impatiently: "Minister Tocqueville, has the French Republic decided to give us some help?"
After Tocqueville was silent for a moment, he apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry! From my personal feelings, I sympathize with what happened to the Kingdom of Sardinia. From the perspective of France's own interests, the safety of the Kingdom of Sardinia is closely related to
The safety of the French Republic.”
Before the Sardinian ambassador was happy to think that France would support the Kingdom of Sardinia, Tocqueville changed the subject and said: "However, the French Republic cannot support the Kingdom of Sardinia for some reasons, so..."
Tocqueville did not express his conclusion. However, the Sardinian ambassador obviously understood what Tocqueville meant. He said with a slightly depressed expression: "So the French Republic is not prepared to support the Kingdom of Sardinia?"
"No..." Tocqueville denied flatly and said: "We will give the Sardinian Dynasty a certain degree of diplomatic support. Europe needs peace, and the French Republic also longs for peace."
The Sardinian ambassador nodded and said to Tocqueville with a bitter smile: "I understand! Thank you to the French Republic for everything it has done for the Kingdom of Sardinia. We will not forget the friendship of the French Republic!"
"Alas!" the emotional Tocqueville could only sigh.
While Tocqueville and the Sardinian ambassador were sighing, the conversation between Jérôme Bonaparte and Baron Huebner was unusually pleasant.
"Mr. President, does France really not interfere with Austria to punish the Kingdom of Sardinia?" Baron Huebner, who was summoned by Jérôme Bonaparte, said in surprise.
"France must abide by the principles of European peace! France is not willing to participate in the affairs between your country and the Kingdom of Sardinia." Jerome Bonaparte said to Baron Huebner: "However, we still hope that your country
Prime Minister Schwarzenberg should not be too harsh on the Kingdom of Sardinia, they were also part of the coercion in the first place."
"The Austrian Empire has no intention of destroying the Kingdom of Sardinia. We are just punishing the Kingdom of Sardinia for its invasion of us." Baron Huebner responded humbly: "As you said, the Austrian Empire also has the same intention.
I hope the European continent can enjoy eternal peace."
