Chapter seven hundred and ninth the treaty that humiliates the country
Ambassador Gorchakov readily agreed to surrender to Jerome Bonaparte instead of armistice, which indeed surprised Jerome Bonaparte.
However, this also reflects the importance Alexander II of Simferopol attaches to Duke Golitsyn in the Petersburg area.
If they were not eager to return to Petersburg to put down the rebellion, they would definitely be arguing back and forth with themselves on this issue.
After all, historically the Russian Empire and the French Empire under the leadership of his cousin had been going back and forth for months over the issue of surrender or an armistice.
If the French Empire and the Russian Empire hadn't each taken a step back, I'm afraid it would have been a long time.
"Very good!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction, then smiled and said: "We have reached a preliminary consensus!"
"Your Majesty, can our progress be faster?" Ambassador Gorchakov suggested to Jerome Bonaparte: "If we keep the current pace, I'm afraid we won't be able to complete the negotiations today!"
"Ambassador Gorchakov, are you so anxious to surrender to us?" Jerome Bonaparte once again responded to Gorchakov in a mocking tone.
Jerome Bonaparte's sarcasm made Ambassador Gorchakov feel as if his heart was being pressed hard by a big stone.
However, there is no possibility of bargaining in the current Russian Empire.
They can only choose to accept these insulting words with gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, we really hope to return to the country as soon as possible to quell the rebellion!" Ambassador Gorchakov responded to Jerome Bonaparte in a low voice, "I hope that your Majesty can let him go for the sake of our fellow monarchy.
us!"
"Since Ambassador Gorchakov said so, let's speed up the progress a little!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Valewski with a pleasant smile on his lips.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Walewski nodded, and then said to Ambassador Gorchakov with a serious face: "Your Excellency, the conditions proposed by us..."
"We fully agree to the conditions you proposed last time!" Ambassador Gorchakov responded quickly before Valewski could finish speaking.
Walewski shook his head, with a contemptuous smile on his lips: "It's a pity! The conditions this time are completely different from the last time!
The reason why the Russian Empire's conditions were so generous last time was entirely due to His Majesty's kindness."
"Your Majesty!" Gorchakov looked at Jerome Bonaparte with pleading eyes.
Obviously, he hoped that Jérôme Bonaparte could restart the last negotiation conditions.
"What a pity!" Jérôme Bonaparte sighed and responded to Ambassador Gorchakov: "I can no longer ignore the wishes of the entire French people like I did last time!"
After hearing these words of Jerome Bonaparte, Ambassador Gorchakov immediately understood that he might have to sign an agreement that would be humiliating and humiliating the country, and he was likely to be firmly placed on the pillar of shame in the future.
maybe.
It's just that now the entire Russian Empire's nobility has suffered a devastating blow, and they will all be guillotined if they are not careful.
Compared with the "subjugation of the country and genocide" (in Ambassador Gorchakov's view, the destruction of aristocratic privileges means the subjugation of the entire Russian Empire), a treaty that humiliates the country is not a big deal at all.
At this time, Ambassador Gorchakov has become Li Hongzhang decades later. He must maintain the tsarist autocracy, even at the expense of everything.
"Your Excellency Valewski, what new additions do you want to add!" Ambassador Gorchakov asked Valewski: "If it is a condition that I can agree to, I will try my best to agree!"
"In addition to the strict demilitarization of the Black Sea coast mentioned last time, we also hope that you can return the territory of the Crimean Peninsula!" Valewski replied bluntly to Ambassador Gorchakov.
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"You are taking advantage of the situation!!" Ambassador Gorchakov couldn't help but protest to Valevsky.
"Mr. Gorchakov, when you took over the Crimean Peninsula, didn't you think you were taking advantage of the situation?" Minister Valevsky asked Gorchakov.
Ambassador Gorchakov was speechless for a moment. The Crimean Peninsula was the territory they took away from the Ottoman Empire.
"I..." Ambassador Gorchakov wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.
"If you cannot even agree to this condition, then the following conditions will be even more impossible!" Valewski said coldly to Ambassador Gorchakov: "Your Excellency, Ambassador, you can leave!"
"Your Majesty!" Gorchakov looked at Jerome Bonaparte.
"What a pity!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed again, "Walewski means what I mean! If you are unwilling to agree, then we can also talk to the new government of the Petersburg region!
I believe they should be more enlightened than you!"
For Ambassador Gorchakov, nothing is more lethal than these words.
If Jérôme Bonaparte really chooses to communicate with the rebels in Petersburg, then the rebels will be able to consolidate their existing territory.
If Britain and France chose to support the new government in St. Petersburg, they would have no chance of victory at all.
"Your Majesty, please don't do this!" Ambassador Gorchakov begged Jerome Bonaparte again, "I am willing to agree to your conditions on behalf of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! However, this may make it difficult for us to gain public opinion.
Support of Russian subjects!”
"There is no need to worry about this!" Walevsky said to Ambassador Gorchakov with a smile: "Because the Petersburg government has also agreed to our conditions! You two are standing on the same starting line!"
"What!" Ambassador Gorchakov looked at Valevsky in shock, and then said to Valevsky with a ferocious face: "How dare they do this! They..."
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, for a newly established regime, as long as it can maintain the stability of the regime, then there is nothing that cannot be sold!" Valewski responded to Ambassador Gorchakov in a calm tone.
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"That's right!" A wry smile appeared on Ambassador Gorchakov's face, "Compared to the entire country's power, a Crimean peninsula is nothing!"
"Ambassador Gorchakov, I want to remind you!" Valewski said to Gorchakov again: "They not only promised the Crimean Peninsula!"
"What else did they promise?" Ambassador Gorchakov was slightly depressed.
He really never thought that one day he would compete with a group of traitors to see who could betray the country more!
"The Grand Duchy of Finland under the Russian Empire must break away from the rule of the Russian Empire!" Valewski proposed a newly added second condition.
"Is this also the condition they promised?" Ambassador Gorchakov couldn't help but ask.
"Of course!" Valewski nodded and said to Ambassador Gorchakov.
"Okay!" Ambassador Gorchakov gritted his teeth and responded, "I can promise you!"
"The third condition is that the Kingdom of Poland must maintain an independent state!" Walewski spoke to Ambassador Gorchakov again.
"What! They even betrayed Poland!" Ambassador Gorchakov couldn't help shouting again.
"Your Excellency Ambassador, I'm afraid Poland is already in a semi-independent state!" Walewski said to Ambassador Gorchakov "kindly".
Later, Walewski told Gorchakov about the telegram sent from Paris about Poland.
According to telegrams from Paris, nationalists in Poland have occupied Warsaw and are attacking Russian garrisons in all directions.
Constantine, who is working as the governor of Poland, is now uncertain about his life or death.
After listening to Valevsky's words, Ambassador Gorchakov felt dizzy. He never thought that the Crimean War would cause Russia to lose the land they had sought since the time of Catherine the Great.
"Your Excellency, even if we give up the Kingdom of Poland! The establishment of the new Kingdom of Poland will not be easy!" Gorchakov responded to Walewski: "The Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire also occupy the Kingdom of Poland.
Territory, they will definitely not agree to the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland!”
Now Gorchakov no longer expects the Russian Empire to restore its previous rights in Poland. His purpose is to keep Poland in Russia, even if Poland is in a de facto independent state!
As long as the Kingdom of Poland remains within the framework of the Russian Empire, they will still have a chance.
"Mr. Gorchakov, you don't need to worry about this!" Walewski responded to Gorchakov: "We will find a suitable successor to the throne of the Kingdom of Poland!"
To be honest, Walewski was eager to become the king of the new Kingdom of Poland.
After all, he himself is half Polish.
However, it is a pity that Jerome Bonaparte was not as keen as Emperor Napoleon to find a suitable kingdom to serve as king for all the unqualified members of the family.
The king of the new Kingdom of Poland will be found from the German region, so the Kingdom of Poland is destined to miss them!
"I promise you!" Ambassador Gorchakov nodded with difficulty.
"Your country also needs to recognize the Austrian Empire's protective rights in Wallachia and Modavir!" Walewski said to Gorchakov again.
"Okay!" Ambassador Gorchakov nodded numbly.
Now he no longer expects to leave a good name in the history of the Russian Empire.
After all, Crown Prince Alexander was absolutely right, so he must take the blame.
Anyway, he is destined to pay for Finland and Poland, so what does a mere Wlachwa mean!
