As soon as the new representatives stepped into the German Confederation, they immediately aroused heated discussions among the representatives of the Frankfurt Confederation Assembly. Many Confederation representatives had expressions of astonishment on their faces, and then they turned their attention to May, who was the chairman of the German Confederation.
Prince Metternich’s eyes seemed to be asking Prince Metternich if this was really polite!
Faced with the questioning gazes of the members of the German Confederation, Prince Metternich simply chose to ignore it. He went on to introduce new members to the representatives of the Confederation Assembly and said: "You must have fought with Mr. de Luys at one time or another.
I won’t go into too much detail about our interactions! However, Mr. De Ruys now holds the position of being the representative of the Principality of Luxembourg to the German Confederation. Let us welcome the arrival of Representative De Ruys!”
After saying this, Prince Metternich immediately applauded De Ruys, and representatives of the German Confederation, including Bismarck, applauded De Ruys' arrival, whether they wanted to or not.
After the thunderous applause lasted for a long time, De Ruys, the representative of the Principality of Luxembourg, solemnly said: "I am honored to be appointed by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Jérôme) after I resigned from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs (of France).
Bonaparte) has been entrusted with the important task of serving as the representative of Luxembourg to the German Confederation. I hope that in the next period of time, we can have a country that upholds the principles of friendship and mutual assistance of the German Confederation... and the German Confederation will contribute its own strength...
"
As soon as De Luys finished speaking, the German Confederation once again burst into warm applause.
"Representative De Luys, where is your seat!" Prince Metternich on the rostrum pointed to the empty seat on the far left of the second row below the stage.
"Thank you very much!" De Ruys responded to Prince Metternich in German proficiently, and then went straight to the seat belonging to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
As soon as he sat down, De Ruys immediately received a cordial greeting from the representative of the Kingdom of Württemberg beside him. He glanced gratefully at Prince Metternich on the rostrum.
After placing De Ruys properly, Prince Metternich gently knocked the wooden hammer three times, and then solemnly announced the official start of the German Confederation Assembly.
Subsequently, Prince Metternich asked representatives of each state to speak on behalf of their states based on the proposals submitted within the confederation.
When the proposal came to the Kingdom of Prussia, Prince Metternich raised his voice and said to Bismarck: "I would like to ask the King of Prussia to deny that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has been transferred to other countries without the consent of the German Confederation."
Proposal for additional explanation!”
As soon as Prince Metternich finished speaking, most of the representatives looked at Bismarck with gloating eyes. They were curious about what this guy who once left arrogant remarks in the Frankfurt Parliament wanted to do.
Facing the malicious looks of many representatives, Bismarck walked unswervingly to the podium under the rostrum.
Prince Metternich on the rostrum cleared his throat and solemnly said to Bismarck: "Representative Bismarck, you can now state your views!"
"Thank you very much! Mr. Metternich gave me such an opportunity to make a German voice on this sacred stage!" Bismarck first talked about the glory of the Holy Roman Empire in a calm tone, and then talked about the establishment of the German Confederation.
History.
Later, Bismarck told the representatives and onlookers in an passionate tone that the German Confederation was an institution of the German people and should not allow countries other than Germany to steal its position.
"That's all I have to say!" Bismarck bowed to everyone present again and left.
After Bismarck returned to his seat, Prince Metternich on the rostrum once again spoke up and said that since it was the Kingdom of Prussia that raised questions to the representatives of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, it was obviously inappropriate for only the Kingdom of Prussia to speak, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg should also be allowed to speak on the stage.
"Deputy Ruys, what do you think?" Prince Metternich asked De Ruys.
De Luys nodded, then stood up and walked to the podium to speak.
Compared with Bismarck's insistence on the view that "the German Confederation is the Germans' own confederation", De Ruys raised questions about whether the Kingdom of Bohemia was all German, and also pointed out that part of the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia in the east used to be
It was the territory of the Poles. Why did it become a member of the German Confederation? Bismarck was questioned.
"If Representative Bismarck thinks that these two special cases cannot prove that your point of view is wrong, then I would like to ask whether the Principality of Limburg is a member of the German Confederation! If the Principality of Limburg is a member of the German Confederation, then whether the Kingdom of the Netherlands
It can be considered a country that stole Germany's position!" De Luys loudly asked Bismarck.
Representative Bismarck had no choice but to argue that the Kingdom of the Netherlands was also Germanic, so they were all Germanic countries in the conventional sense.
De Ruys immediately expressed whether Alsace-Lorraine, a region also composed of Germanic people, could join the German Confederation. Venice and the Kingdom of Lombardy were also countries established by Germanic descendants, and whether they should join the German Confederation.
De Ruys's continuous inquiries made Bismarck somewhat helpless.
To be fair, Bismarck preferred straightforward remarks to arrogant excuses.
Later, De Ruys told the members of the German Confederation present that whether the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was willing to be ruled by Jérôme Bonaparte should follow the opinions of all Luxembourgers.
Some time ago, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg expressed through a referendum that they were willing to accept Jerome Bonaparte as the Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
When the Kingdom of Prussia raised this issue in the German Confederation, it was undoubtedly provoking a war between the German Confederation and the French Empire.
Once the war started, it was the Germans and the French who suffered.
Therefore, De Ruys himself hopes that representatives within the German Confederation will consider it carefully. Every objection they make represents the approach of war.
De Ruys's naked threat successfully frightened the North German princely states and free cities that were originally somewhat inclined to the Kingdom of Prussia.
After De Ruys returned to his seat, Prince Metternich knocked the wooden hammer in his hand again and said: "The voting begins now!"
Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Baden, the Duchy of Limburg, Hesse, etc. quickly voted against it. The Kingdom of Prussia and some free cities voted in favor, while the Kingdom of Hanover and the Austrian Empire, each of them was instructed by the Kingdom of Britain.
He participated in the struggle between the Kingdom of Prussia and the French Empire, so he abstained from voting. The other was the big brother of the German Confederation, so he could not show too much leaning towards the French Empire, so he also abstained from voting.
The final result ended with a majority of dissenting votes. The Kingdom of Prussia attempted to use the German Confederation's internal plan to challenge the French Empire, and the reactionary forces inside (the second and fifth sons of the German Confederation) and outside (Britain and Austria acquiesced in the fact of occupation)
The application failed.
After the news that the Frankfurt Parliament proposal was facing failure reached the Kingdom of Prussia, the Regent William I deeply realized what it meant for a weak country to have no diplomacy.
Under the persuasion of Manteuffel and Ron, William I had no choice but to change the five armies stationed in the Rhineland to the previous three, and the first category of reserves also stopped mobilizing.
After seeing the Kingdom of Prussia gradually reducing its military strength in the Rhineland, France also lifted its mobilization status.
Except for one corps stationed in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the remaining troops are all stationed and dispersed in regiment-level units.
A tense military confrontation ended with the Kingdom of Prussia retreating.
Immediately afterwards, Paris also announced the lifting of wartime martial law.
That night, fireworks continued to stream over Paris, and people took to the streets to celebrate the French Empire's victory again.
Moreover, this victory was more exciting than the previous victories. The annexation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg gave people more confidence that the empire would win under the leadership of Jérôme Bonaparte.
The Sardinian ambassador living in Paris also discovered that Paris residents were unusually enthusiastic about annexing territories.
(From the operations of France and Britain in the colonies, we can see that they would rather lose money than insist on using French people as colonial officials. France did not regard the colonies as a one-off business, but really wanted to turn them into
French territory.
It can be said that the French were no less enthusiastic about annexing territory than Seris, but later due to policy issues, France had to withdraw from Vietnam and Algeria in tears.
If France had a unique geographical advantage like Serris, there is no doubt that they would also do something similar to drive out seedlings and expand industry.
Unfortunately, France was already centralized in the 19th century, and it was actually very difficult to annex land during the period when nationalism was flourishing.)
Therefore, the Sardinian ambassador suggested to Cavour that the best way to win the favor of France and let France help them expel Austrian rule in northern Italy was to give them land.
He (the Sardinian ambassador) heard that the idea of Prime Minister Richelieu's natural territory was now very popular in the French Empire (Jérôme Bonaparte added fuel to the fire), so Savoy and Nice could be used as bait to lure France to attack.
The Austrian Empire takes action.
If two pieces of land can be exchanged for the unification of the entire Apennine Peninsula, then he (the Sardinian ambassador) believes that this is a sure-fire deal.
Cavour was deeply relieved to receive the telegram from the Sardinian ambassador. He had never thought that anyone would agree with him.
So he sent another telegram back to the Sardinian ambassador.
In the telegram, Cavour expressed his approval of the Sardinian ambassador's strategy, and revealed to the Sardinian ambassador that he was moving towards this goal, hoping that the two of them could work together to create an Italian kingdom in their lifetime.