Chapter 384 What Britain is best at is cheating Europe! (Please subscribe, please vote)

On the same day that Zhuge Weijiu visited the Rothschild Palace in Vienna, British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel, Lord of the Admiralty Viscount Palmerston, and First Sea Lord Sir Hardy were visiting the Hofburg in Vienna.

big palace.

These three people are nominally standing in front of the Nth Vienna Peace Conference to be held soon. The stated purpose of this peace conference is of course to mediate the ongoing "Mingyin War". Although the ongoing war has been

Some people called it a "World War", and it was indeed called a world war in later historical records. However, at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832, most people did not realize that they were in a worldwide war.

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The possibility of ending this world war through peaceful negotiations is always there. Because the two protagonists of the war, the Ming Empire and the British Empire, know very well that they have no chance of entering the other side's homeland and completely defeating the other side.

possibility. Therefore, the outcome of this war is destined to be a compromise peace meeting, rather than the collapse and surrender of one party.

Therefore, a ridiculous phenomenon appeared in this war. On one side, giant ships and cannons were fighting on the sea, competing for coveted colonies; on the other side, the rulers of both sides were in Vienna, discussing bed politics. Waiting for the war

At the end of the day, countless soldiers below died, but the rulers above became relatives!

However, arranging a peace conference (marriage) with the Ming Dynasty's special envoy (Zhuge Weijiu) was only the official task of Robert Peel, Viscount Palmerston and Sir Hardy. Their real mission was, of course, to mess up Europe.

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Great Britain and the Ming Dynasty can compromise and turn their war into a marriage, but if they want Great Britain to watch the Bourbon dynasty and the Romanov dynasty rise in Western Europe and Eastern Europe respectively, with one serving as Western Rome and the other as Eastern Rome, that is

It's simply impossible.

I think the British conquered the Western Roman Empire back then!

If the two Romes are frightened again, why don't they turn around and take away the British Isles' nest?

So this matter must be messed up with Huang!

On the European continent, there are also many people who don’t want to go to Rome and come back. The one they don’t want the most is, of course, the Austrian Emperor Franz I! He was originally the good Holy Roman Emperor Franz II, the Holy Roman Emperor.

But the recognized big brother of Europe, although it was already outdated when it was passed to him, the righteous name of the Emperor of the Shinra and the leader of Europe is still there!

But the French unreasonably deprived him of the Holy Roman throne, and even dismantled the Holy Roman Empire, a thousand-year-old empire. As a result, he had no choice but to gather together the remaining territories of the Habsburg family and destroy them.

A half-dead Austrian Empire - At first glance, the Austrian Empire does not seem to be much different from the HRE, except that it has stripped away those HRE vassals that had long been independent. Moreover, after the collapse of Napoleon, Austria also attracted a group of German brothers.

A confederation was formed, but this confederation had no way of including the non-German territories under the Habsburg family.

But in this way, the Germans in the Austrian Empire not only became a minority, but also had a dual identity - they were both Germany and Austria. They even identified with Germany more than Austria! And the non-Germans in the empire also identified themselves with Germany.

The German Confederation countries other than Austria were regarded as foreign countries (actually foreign countries), so the Germans, the original main ethnic group of the HRE, became a minority within the Austrian Empire.

Therefore, the Austrian Empire has now become a very fragile outnumbered situation, and this country is still in Europe where national consciousness has emerged in various countries after the Napoleonic Wars. This country has a population of more than 30 million (more than France and the United Kingdom, second only to

The tragic future of Europe's second largest country, Rakshasa, is completely conceivable.

It is precisely because of the outnumbered situation within the Austrian Empire that Austrian Emperor Franz I and Prime Minister Metternich were very afraid of the further rise of France and Russia, two European powers after Britain was defeated by the Ming Dynasty - from the time of Franz I and Prime Minister Metternich.

Judging from the information Metternich had, the Ming Dynasty's post-war arrangements for Europe seemed to be a tripartite tripartite arrangement of East and West Rome plus the "United Kingdom of Zhu and Ying".

And this meant the disintegration of the Austrian Empire!

Because once France becomes Western Rome, it will inevitably swallow up Italy in pieces, and Austria's large territory in northern Italy will definitely be snatched away by the French!

When Rakshasa becomes Eastern Rome, it must capture Constantinople. However, a lonely castle is difficult to defend and develop. It is impossible to turn it into the capital of Rakshasa (Eastern Rome), so Rakshasa

The Roman Empire will definitely expand violently to the Balkans! This means that the Austrian Empire's territory in the Balkans will be taken away by the Eastern Roman Empire.

At that time, Austria has lost Italy and the Balkans, what will be left? Will the remaining territory be further divided by East and West Rome? It is difficult to say whether Louis XVII was that bad, Nicholas I will definitely divide it

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So if the rise of Rome in the East and West envisioned by the Ming Dynasty came true, then Austria would have to become the second largest country in Poland!

Therefore, Austrian Emperor Franz I and Prime Minister Metternich are now more anxious than British Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Duke of Wellington. In the Hofburg Grand Palace, the elderly Austrian Emperor exchanged greetings with the British visitors.

I asked about Victoria's current situation.

"What is the Princess Regent busy with recently? Will she come to Austria soon?"

British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has been working hard to learn Chinese recently. Chinese characters are difficult to recognize, remember and write. However, the Princess is still studying very hard and the progress is gratifying. By the time she comes to Austria, she should be able to

You can now talk to His Highness King Lu of Ming Dynasty in Chinese."

"What?" The Austrian Emperor became anxious immediately, "Princess Victoria will meet with King Minglu in Vienna? What will they do for the meeting?"

What to do? Blind date of course!

Robert Peel smiled and said: "Of course we are discussing the peace plan!"

Viscount Palmerston also said: "When the time comes, Princess Louise of France and Grand Duke Alexander of Rakshasa will also come to Vienna. These four young people will definitely have a lot in common."

Common language? Discuss how to divide Austria?

The Austrian emperor quickly glanced at Prime Minister Metternich next to him - Mei Zhongtang, think of a way!

Metternich said calmly: "The Chinese will not give up their ambitions in India, Australia and western Oregon, right?"

Robert Peel sighed: "The current situation is very dangerous. If we can keep India, we can make concessions in Australia and western Oregon. And the future queen can also marry the prince of Ming Dynasty!"

"This, this" the Austrian emperor looked at Metternich.

Metternich whispered into Franz I's ear: "The Chinese should accept it! As far as I know, their goal is the vast and sparsely populated Australia and western Oregon. They need the land and resources there.

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The Austrian Emperor stared at the three British people in front of him with a pair of goldfish eyes, "Is the situation really that critical? The Ming Dynasty's battle front seems to be very long. Their troops must be very nervous, right?"

Sir Hardy, the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the United Kingdom only has a population of more than 20 million! The population of the Ming Empire, Japan, and those vassal states that are very close to the Ming Dynasty exceeds 400 million. Their military strength

How could you be nervous?"

The Austrian Emperor said: "But the current war is mainly fought by the navy. Their navy is not 20 times the size of the British!"

Sir Hardy sighed and said: "You are right, the difference in the size of the navies of the two sides is not that big, but we cannot put all the navies on the front line. We must beware of a sudden attack on our island country by a country on the European continent!

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Chapter completed!