Facing the "threat" of Marcel Jerug, Herzen told Marcel Jerug the truth with a calm expression. No matter whether he and the French behind him were willing to help them or not, they would all be in Petersburg (Herzen
(prefer this title) attempts to stage a coup.
Moreover, the reason why Duke Golitsyn appeared in France was not to take another look at the French scenery before the coup, but to make an appointment with the Polish exiles in France to revolt together. Only in this way can the Russian Empire be brought together.
Can't care about each other.
Marcel Jerug was surprised by Duke Golitsyn's plan, and he admitted that he had indeed underestimated Duke Golitsyn before.
No one who can develop and grow under the Tsar's nose and then rebel against the Tsar is a simple person!
"Where are those Polish exiles planning to revolt? Warsaw?" Marcel Jerug asked Herzen again.
"Maybe!" Herzen gave an ambiguous answer. "Those Polish exiles only promised to act with us and did not say which city they would launch an uprising in! However, I guess it should be Warsaw! After all, Warsaw is now
The city is emptier than ever before!"
Speaking of this, Herzen paused and smiled and said: "The reason why Warsaw has become so empty is because of you! If it weren't for you and Britain fighting a few clean battles on the Crimean Peninsula
In the event of a war, Tsar Nicholas would not choose to continuously transfer the Polish legions stationed in Warsaw away from Warsaw to enrich Bessarabia and Crimea!
Warsaw now probably cannot even gather the strength of an army (20,000 to 30,000 people)!"
"When are you going to start taking action?" Marcel Jerug asked Herzen again.
"It may take some time!" Herzen said to Marcel Jerug: "Because many people in the Loyal Association do not agree with Duke Golitsyn's revolution, Golitsyn needs to convince them before taking action."
"If Prince Golitsyn cannot use words to persuade them to jointly carry out a coup, then what are you going to do!" Marcel Jerug asked Herzen.
After Herzen pondered for a moment, he told Marcel Jerug that he had also asked the Duke whether the uprising would not proceed if all members of the association opposed the uprising.
The Duke at the time told him that no matter how opposed the members of the association were, he would never shrink from what he wanted to do because of opposition. As long as his heart was still beating, he would fight to the end against the Romanov family.
"Since His Excellency the Duke has made up his mind, I wish him success!" Marcel Jerug responded to Herzen.
"Mr. Marcel, those requests made by His Excellency the Duke! Do His Majesty Jérôme Bonaparte agree to them?" Herzen quickly asked Marcel Jerug.
"Didn't you just say that whether France agrees or not will not affect your coup! Why are you asking me about this matter now!" Marcel Jerug asked with a chuckle.
"If France is willing to help us contain the troops deployed by Nicholas I around Petersburg, that would be great!" Herzen replied to Marcel Jerug, "The reason why the association is unwilling to do so unconditionally
The Duke's support was nothing more than fear that Nicholas I would summon an army outside Petersburg.
As long as France can contain the army in the hands of Nicholas I, then His Excellency the Duke will be able to draw some people who were originally biased towards the Tsarist Empire into the ranks of the revolution.
The more people we win over, the higher our chance of success!
France gets more benefits by playing both ways!
Even if we fail, how much impact will it have on you! Will the Russian Imperial Government, which survived by chance, fight you to the end because of this matter?"
"Okay! Mr. Herzen, you are indeed right!" Marcel Jerug responded frankly to Herzen: "Our Majesty has agreed to your request, and we will try our best to help you contain it.
Stay with the Russian military to give you a greater chance of success."
Hearing Marcel Jerug's answer, Herzen showed a joyful smile on his face, and he immediately responded to Marcel Jerug: "On behalf of the Duke, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to His Majesty the Emperor! If we are lucky enough,
If it succeeds, the new Russian Empire will become the French Empire’s staunchest ally!”
"Mr. Herzen, let's save these things for you to talk about after you succeed!" Marcel Jerug responded in a distant manner.
Then, Marcel Jerug asked Herzen who they planned to support as the new czar after killing Nicholas I.
Herzen told Marcel Jerug that they were prepared to support Nicholas I's third son, Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich, as the new emperor of the Russian Empire.
"Aren't you afraid that the Grand Duke you supported will choose to avenge his father after he gains power? After all, you killed his father!" Marcel Jerug said with a gloating smile on his lips.
"Mr. Marcel, we also gave him a throne! After all, according to the pecking order, Grand Duke Nikolai (Yevich) will not be able to touch that position in his lifetime!" Herzen replied.
"A throne without power!" Marcel Jerug emphasized this sentence specially.
"That's better than nothing!" Herzen shrugged and said to Marcel Jerug.
"Indeed!" Marcel Jerug nodded in response.
Even in the Kingdom of Britain, which is a constitutional monarchy, Queen Victoria's power is very great.
The new tsar only needs to wait quietly for the death of Duke Golitsyn, and then he can gradually regain his rights.
Anyway, Prince Golitsyn is now over 60 years old, so he can only wait 20 years at most.
And Grand Duke Nikolayevich, who was planned to be supported by Duke Hertsyn, is only 23 years old now.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Duke Golitsyn can gain a foothold in St. Petersburg and defeat the forces that attempt to counterattack St. Petersburg.
Under the considerate "escort" of Marcel Jerug, Herzen returned to his residence in Paris.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Foreign Secretary Walevsky arrived at the National Intelligence Service.
After entering Marcel Jerug's office, he immediately told Marcel Jerug that the Kingdom of Sweden had agreed to France's request and that they would put some pressure on the Russian Empire on the recent border.
"Didn't the Kingdom of Sweden make any excessive demands?" Marcel Jerug asked in disbelief.
"The Kingdom of Sweden only requires that we and the Kingdom of Britain must ensure their safety! Once Russia declares war on the Kingdom of Sweden, we and the British army must rush over to help as soon as possible!" Minister Walevsky told Marcel.
Yerug responded.
"It sounds quite reasonable!" Marcel Jerug nodded and said to Walevsky: "Has the British side also reached an agreement?"
"Prime Minister Palmerston also agrees to our request. He hopes to rely on the strong mobility of the British and French coalition forces in the Baltic Fleet to launch an attack on Kronstadt, which is occupied by the Russian Empire!" Walevsky told Marcel Jerug.
responded.
Marcel Jerug, who heard that Palmerston wanted to capture Kronstadt, couldn't help but be surprised by Palmerston's plan, "It seems that Palmerston has not given up on his plan to directly capture St. Petersburg!"
"
"Yes! Palmerston has always wanted to completely dismember the Russian Empire!" Minister Walevsky nodded.
"Then did you agree to his request?" Marcel Jerug asked Minister Walevsky.
"When I asked Minister Dicko about Palmerston's plan, Minister Dicko told me that with the current maritime power of the British and French armies, they could indeed completely destroy the Baltic Fleet, but they were unable to occupy Kabul.
Ronstadt.
Because there are too many fortresses in the Kronshtadt military port, and those fortresses made of solid granite are enough to resist our land attack in the serious direction.
If you want to completely capture them, it will cost a lot!
Instead of launching a bottomless pit-style offensive in Kronstadt, it would be better to remove all the "nails" deployed by Russia in the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland!
Therefore, I explained Minister Dicko's suggestions to Palmerston, and Palmerston agreed with our suggestions!" Minister Walevsky responded to Marcel Jerug.
"What about Austria?" Marcel Jerug asked again.
"The Austrian side is still in the negotiation stage! It is expected to take a long time to end!" Walewski replied to Marcel Jerug.
"Okay!" Marcel Jerug nodded and told Walevsky that he would send the progress and content of Walevsky's negotiations to the Crimean Peninsula via telegram.
"Then I'll leave first!" After explaining everything, Walevsky turned and left the National Intelligence Service.
Marcel Jerug also hurriedly recorded all the contents of Walevsky's negotiations and sent them to the Crimean Peninsula in the form of telegrams.
In the afternoon of that day, the telegraph office in Sevastopol received a telegram from Marcel Jerug.
Jerome Patterson, who was in charge of receiving the telegram, immediately picked up the telegram and ran towards the headquarters of the French Expeditionary Force.
At this time, at the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, the French Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte was reading a report submitted to him by the Intelligence Department of the Aircraft Maintenance Command.
The content of the report is a summary of the results of the recent public opinion war between the French Imperial Army and the Russian Army in the Crimean Peninsula.
Just as Jérôme Bonaparte was watching with gusto, there was a knock on the door.