Chapter 805

"There are only eternal interests and no eternal enemies between countries." This was the essence of international diplomacy. The United Kingdom and Austria, which had just been fighting over the Near East War, started to hook up again in the blink of an eye.

This wasn't too much. The United Kingdom and Austria were still allies. Even if they were often unhappy, it wouldn't affect everyone's happy play together.

If someone knew that the two countries were secretly in contact, it would definitely cause an uproar. Now the Russians were preparing their armies for revenge against the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Kingdom of Prussia, in the same way, was preparing for war.

However, nothing was impossible in the face of interests. Even during the Prussian War, the private contact between the two countries had never been broken.

After trying to persuade the Government of Vienna to send troops to interfere in the Polish throne election, the Tsarist government knew that things were troublesome.

Alexander Ii Of Russia wasn't a simple person. He decisively chose to temporarily abandon hatred and use this incident to obtain the greatest benefits for the Russian Empire.

An old man dressed in luxurious clothes said coldly, "What do you think? As long as your country is willing to agree to the first condition, we will acquiesce in your annexation of Poland."

The middle-aged man sitting opposite shook his head unmoved. "This isn't for us to annex Poland, but for the two countries to divide Poland. Your country's appetite is too big. You directly took away half of Poland.

How can we agree to this? If this gets out, the Polish people will be in chaos. Moreover, we are not planning to annex Poland. This election is just to respect the Polish people's will. "

If there were acquaintances present, they would find that the two people negotiating were the former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, Mikhail, and the former Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Prussia, Ron.

The two enemies actually sat together and calmly discussed the division of Poland. If this was said out, probably no one would believe it.

Mikhail rolled his eyes in disdain. Prussia didn't have the ambition to annex Poland. It was enough to fool the ordinary people in the outside world. Did they want to hide it from the enemy who understood each other the most?

A large group of people in Poland supported William I to become king, largely because they were forced by the Russians.

In the last war, the Polish Kingdom was the main battlefield and was directly destroyed. Not to mention the economic losses, the key was the loss of more than 800,000 young adults.

This directly caused the Polish Kingdom to fall into a weak state after the war. Currently, Ukrainians accounted for nearly one-third of the country. As the main ethnic group, the Poles suffered heavy losses due to the war, and the population of the main ethnic group also showed negative growth.

Of course, this was also related to the poor economy in Poland. Especially after the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, Poland's population outflow was severe. In order to survive, many people went to Prussia and Austria to make a living.

Most of them were women, either voluntarily or deceitfully. The underground human trade in Poland flourished during this period. Poland Polish of the Poland of the Polish of Poland of the Polish of Poland were many women. of.

Poland, Polish of Poland, Polish Poland, of Of Poland of Poland. of Poland of Poland of Poland. If there was demand, there would be a market. In the face of survival, dignity was not worth mentioning.

It just so happened that the Tsarist government had completed the initial social reform. Seeing that the enemy next door had recovered its strength, the vested interests in Poland were anxious.

If the Russians came back, they would have nothing left. Those with bare feet became those with shoes, and their political positions were inevitably affected.

The Prussians proposed to form the strongest alliance between the two countries. Many people were tempted. They subconsciously ignored the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland.

This was determined by the interests. Even if the Kingdom of Prussia annexed Poland, the Government of Berlin would still pay a price to win them over. It was much better than the Tsarist government that wanted to cut off their heads.

The choice of interest groups directly affected the entire Polish society. Everyone didn't mention the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland and limited the propaganda to the Communist Union.

The Polish people were very familiar with the Common Monarchy system. Their ancestors had played with it, and the people's acceptance was still very high.

Now there were media outlets claiming that the Kingdom of Prussia was also a part of Poland. The old story of the Kingdom of Prussia's submission to Poland had been dug up, greatly satisfying the people's vanity.

It wouldn't be seen in the short term, but after a long time, the Poles would treat the Kingdom of Prussia as one of their own, and the obstacles to the merger of the two countries would no longer exist.

William I dared to set his eyes on Poland not only because of his ambition. A large part of the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia was the old Polish land, but the people there were Germanized.

More importantly, the German Region had been targeted by Austria, and the Kingdom of Prussia couldn't win at all. The best choice was to annex the Polish Kingdom and go public.

In recent years, the Kingdom of Prussia no longer considered itself a German state, which was a change in national policy.

This path wasn't chosen by William I, it was made by the Juncker nobles. If they could make their own decisions, who would want to be a lackey?

The Shinra Empire was good, but it wasn't their turn to be in power. Austria's size was too large, and even if the Kingdom of Prussia joined, their shares would quickly be diluted and slowly swallowed up.

In that case, it was better to change their choice and fight for a new world. Poland just happened to appear in this situation.

Flipping through the history books, they quickly found the connection between Prussia and Poland, and the legal principle of the Kingdom of Prussia to unify Poland also came out.

Of course, this relationship was already very distant. The so-called legal principle was what they thought was legal, and the outside world certainly wouldn't recognize it.

That was why there was the battle for the Polish throne. According to the plan of the people of Prussia, they would first promote the two countries to have a common monarch, then form a federal empire, and then annex and merge.

The plan was very clear. William I was just a manipulator pushed by the Juncker nobles. It seemed that he had a high position, but he couldn't go against the interests of the class.

Mikhail: "Your Excellency, this joke isn't funny. If you don't want to annex Poland, then there's no need for us to continue talking.

Perhaps it's a good choice to have the three countries divide Poland again. I'm very curious about what your country will think after Austria joins in. "

Ron's face changed drastically. Inviting Austria to jointly divide the Polish Kingdom, then even if Prussia could annex Poland, it would be a smaller version, and it was unknown if they could even get the greatest benefits.

This was a world where fists speak. If the Russians really wanted to conspire with Austria, no one could stop them now.

Ron seemed to be aware of Mikhail's insincerity, and he quickly realized that the Russians wouldn't easily invite Austria in.

One had to know that the territory of the Polish Kingdom was previously the territory of the Russian Empire. If it fell into the hands of the Polish Kingdom or the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russians still had a chance to take it back.

If it fell into the hands of Austria, based on the current situation, it would be lost forever. This was determined by the strength of both sides, and it couldn't be changed by personal will.

"Your Excellency Mikhail, if your country was really willing to invite Austria to divide the Polish Kingdom, you wouldn't have lost the last war.

You weren't willing to pay the price back then, are you sure St. Peter Castle will agree now?

Moreover, today's Austria is no longer the Austria of the past. Believe it or not, if the Austrians are involved, the Government of Vienna will swallow most of the Polish Kingdom in one bite.

At that point, we don't have to worry about a war between the two countries in the future. Let's all tremble under the shadow of the Austrians!

Don't forget that the Kingdom of Prussia used to be one of the states of the Holy Roman Empire. If we are willing to go back, the Government of Vienna will definitely welcome it.

Your country will be miserable. Don't look at the fact that Russia and Austria are allies now. Once the German Region is unified, Austria will be the new European hegemon. As the former hegemon, your country is destined to be suppressed. "

This was an overt plot. How could the Russians not have thoughts about the rise of Austria? If the relationship between Russia and Austria was really that strong, after the collapse of the hegemon, the Tsarist government would directly push Austria to the top.

Obviously, this was impossible. The Russians didn't want to see Austria grow stronger. Even if they were in a weak state, they would intentionally or unintentionally drag Austria down.

This kind of small trick couldn't be hidden from the Government of Vienna, but Franz wasn't very interested in the hegemony of Europe. Pushing the boat with the current, it became a sharing between all countries. To be precise, it was divided between the two countries of the Fao, and Britain, Prussia, and Russia each held a part of the right to speak.

As long as he thought about the dirty things between Russia and Austria over the years, Mikhail wanted to cry but had no tears. If history could be repeated, he would definitely stop the Tsarist government's small trick.

Apart from worsening the relationship between the two countries, it had no substantive effect, but they did it. You do it, I do it. Once the valve of each other's betrayal was opened, it would get out of hand.

In this context, once Austria became strong, it was almost inevitable that they would suppress the Russian Empire in the future. From the perspective of the Tsarist government, it was better for France to become the hegemon of Europe than for Austria to become the hegemon of Europe.

The Tsarist government was dragging Austria down and suppressing the development of Austria. How could they let Austria continue to grow?

Even Ron's threat to join Shinra, Mikhail didn't dare to ignore it. This situation definitely wouldn't happen now, but it wasn't certain in the future.

If the Kingdom of Prussia was defeated in the next war, it was very likely to join Austria in order to protect its own interests.

Ron probably didn't expect that the simple provocation actually made Mikhail think so much.

Joining Shinra wasn't as simple as it sounded. Unless they were at the end of the line, this kind of thing wouldn't happen at all.

Austria wasn't a vegetarian either. If the Kingdom of Prussia came knocking, it would be strange if it wasn't ruthlessly slaughtered. Maybe it would be directly abolished and become a province directly under the Central Government.

Don't think that Austria couldn't do it. What integrity did they have in the face of interests? In order to dominate the Shinra Empire, it was normal to break up the Kingdom of Prussia.