Five hundred and seventieth chapters flickering Prussia
"The Kingdom of Prussia wants to fight side by side with the French Empire?" De Luys smiled and repeated what the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia said, and then clapped his hands gently: "We welcome and cherish everyone who is willing to fight side by side with the French Empire.
countries... no matter what kind of conflicts they had with the French Empire before..."
Hearing De Ruys's answer, the Prussian ambassador felt a little comfort in his heart. At least De Ruys did not reject them directly. This was enough to prove that the alliance between the Austrian Empire and the French Empire was not as strong as he imagined.
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However, the Prussian ambassador still found it hard to let go of those pointed words spoken by Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte in the Place du Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
So, the Prussian ambassador tentatively asked De Ruys again: "Your Excellency, if...I mean if after the Kingdom of Prussia makes friends with the French Empire, the Austrian Empire intends to harm our interests in the German region to satisfy itself.
If there is demand, how do you plan to respond?"
"Mr. Ambassador, what you say is a little too unrealistic!" De Ruys responded to the Prussian Ambassador with a surprised expression.
"Your Excellency, Minister, we have to have such worries!" The Prussian ambassador spread his hands and said frankly to De Luys: "Since the end of the Congress of Vienna, our Kingdom of Prussia has become a thorn in the eyes of the Austrian Empire and a thorn in the flesh...
From Prince Metternich to Prince Schwarzenberg, every Prime Minister of the Austrian Empire spared no room to suppress us after taking office, just because our Kingdom of Prussia is second only to the Austrian Empire in Germany!
Our repeated concessions resulted in repeated blows from the Austrian Empire..."
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, are you worried that the French Empire will be instigated by the Austrian Empire and do you harm..." De Ruys still maintained a smile on his face.
"I believe that with a foreign minister like you, the French Empire will not be easily instigated by Austria! It's just..." The Prussian ambassador paused: "I'm worried that the Austrian Empire will use some unrealistic things in exchange for His Majesty's support in certain matters.
It’s time to acquiesce to the Austrian Empire!”
What the Prussian ambassador said was unrealistic was the Rhineland territory that Jerome Bonaparte had his heart set on.
It seems that Prince Schwarzenberg used the territory of the Rhineland as bait in exchange for Jerome Bonaparte's support for the Austrian Empire's attack on the Kingdom of Prussia. At that time, Jerome Bonaparte acquiesced to this matter.
If the Russian Empire had not interfered further, and if Jerome Bonaparte's position had not been stabilized, the war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire would not have ended hastily.
Because of this, the Prussian ambassador was afraid that the Austrian Empire would use the same method to lure the French Empire to lean towards them, thus putting the Prussian Kingdom into a desperate situation.
The current diplomatic environment of the Kingdom of Prussia is not like a few years ago. A few years ago, the Kingdom of Prussia still had the help of its big brother, the Russian Empire.
With the beginning of the Crimean War, the Kingdom of Prussia not only lost its big brother, the Russian Empire, but also gained the hatred of the big brother together with the Austrian Empire because of its neutral behavior after the war began.
[ps: In otl history, the war in the Kingdom of Prussia at Omimutz was not as drawn out as it was in this plane! Frederick William IV did not carry out bayonet counterrevolution like the Regent William in order to win the favor of the Russian Empire.
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Therefore, the reputation of the Kingdom of Prussia in the German region in the OTL world line is much better than that in the main plane, and its relationship with the Russian Empire in the Crimean War is not as close as in the main plane.
Therefore, after the Crimean War, the Kingdom of Prussia quickly moved closer to the Russian Empire.】
The Prussian ambassador was even certain that the Russian Empire after the war would definitely be hostile to the Kingdom of Prussia.
If the Austrian Empire took action against the Kingdom of Prussia at that time, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Mr. Ambassador, you are worrying too much!" Minister De Ruys bluntly stated the Prussian ambassador's worries: "If you want to say that the Austrian Empire wants to join the French Empire to dismember the Kingdom of Prussia, you don't have to be so mincing words!
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"I'm not..." the Prussian ambassador hurriedly explained: "I don't think the French Empire will do such a thing and dismember the Kingdom of Prussia. The Austrian Empire will inevitably dominate the German region! This will not be good for the French Empire.
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"Since Mr. Ambassador, you know that doing this is not good for France, then why should we do this!" De Luys asked back: "You don't have to doubt that the Austrian Empire will be detrimental to your motherland. I can tell you
Guarantee, the ambassador of the Austrian Empire did not say a bad word about you when negotiating with us! Instead, they believe that the Kingdom of Prussia is also a part of maintaining the European order..."
"If you say this, then I'll be relieved!"
Although the Prussian ambassador said he was relieved, in his heart he still did not want to believe what De Ruys said. De Ruys's speech just now was just to divert the issue.
Would the Austrian Empire have a good word to say about the Kingdom of Prussia? Unless the sun rises from the west!
Even if De Ruys responded to his problem with a perfunctory attitude, he still had to express the attitude of the Kingdom of Prussia to him in a nice and polite manner. Being angry will not solve the problem, but will make it more troublesome.
"Then again!" The smile on De Luys's face became more sincere: "The speech made by your ambassador in Frankfurt was really shocking!"
"What?" The Prussian ambassador was stunned for a few seconds. He seemed not to understand what De Ruys meant.
"Have you forgotten the classic speech of the ambassador you appointed in Frankfurt? Speaking of which, I still haven't forgotten that speech!" De Ruys' tone began to sound strange.
"Your Excellency, I really don't know what the Frankfurt Parliament said!" the Prussian ambassador responded to Jerome Bonaparte with a confused look.
De Ruys told the Prussian ambassador the golden "treaty" sentence of the current Frankfurt representative von Bismarck, and then praised him: "Your representative's views on treaties are really unique!"
[ps: Von Bismarck’s speech in Frankfurt in 1851: “If a treaty is beneficial to us, it is a treaty. If it is not beneficial to us, it is a piece of waste paper!”
This golden sentence can be said to be the predecessor of "historical documents have no practical significance."]
"This is just a personal opinion and does not represent the opinion of the Kingdom of Prussia!" the Prussian ambassador quickly defended.
"But the Kingdom of Prussia allows such a person to serve as a representative!" De Luys showed a regretful expression on his face: "I really doubt that the Kingdom of Prussia will really not abide by the treaty as he said!"
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia had no choice but to assure De Ruys that they would abide by the "established" treaty and at the same time punish von Bismarck.
"There is no need for punishment!" De Ruys waved his hand pretending to be generous, "As long as the Kingdom of Prussia does not really do what the Bismarck representative said, it is the best goodwill towards the French Empire.
Mr. Ambassador, you should know that this war is destined to end with the defeat of the Russian Empire!
With the defeat of the Russian Empire, the Holy Alliance that excluded France from the mainstream of Europe would also disintegrate.
A new order will be established under the leadership of the Kingdom of Britain, the French Empire and the Austrian Empire!
Until then, the Kingdom of Prussia must not dismantle us!
If any country dares to undermine it, you must bear the consequences yourself!"
Faced with the threat from De Ruys, the Prussian ambassador had no choice but to assure De Ruys repeatedly that their Kingdom of Prussia would definitely become the first responders to the new order.
"That's good! I want to believe in the sincerity of the Kingdom of Prussia." De Luys nodded with satisfaction, and then responded to the Kingdom of Prussia: "Let me tell you! The Austrian Empire did discuss some things with the French Empire!"
"What's the matter?" The Prussian ambassador raised his heart to his throat.
"Don't be nervous! It's not a problem in the German region, but the Danube Principality!" De Ruys explained to the Prussian ambassador: "We hope that the Austrian Empire can continue to exert pressure on the Russian Empire in the Danube region so that the Russian Empire cannot use all its forces
They were all used on the Crimean Peninsula, and the Austrian Empire did not agree to the French Empire’s suggestions!
However, they did send their own emperor over!"
After hearing De Luys' answer, the Prussian ambassador finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since there is no de facto alliance between the Austrian Empire and the French Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia does not need to worry about suffering a double blow from the Austrian Empire and the French Empire for the time being.
"By the way! I wonder if the Kingdom of Prussia is willing to continue to exert a certain amount of pressure from the Russian Empire in the Königsberg area!" De Luys wrote a blank check to the Prussian ambassador: "If everything goes well, the Kingdom of Prussia will still
To gain the land that was lost during the Congress of Vienna!”
Is the French Empire going to completely destroy the Russian Empire? Such an idea came to the Prussian ambassador's mind.
However, such an absurd idea was quickly suppressed by the Prussian ambassador.
No! It shouldn't be possible! The French Empire, which has experienced a defeat, should know how difficult it is to destroy the Russian Empire! They will not do such a stupid thing!
After thinking through this, the Prussian ambassador decided to use delaying tactics: "This issue is really not something I can decide! I need to report back to the monarch in Berlin and then give you an answer!"