Struggle in Russia

Duke Alexander Gorchakov is a handsome middle-aged man. Unlike the Russians who like more beards this year, it always gives a rough feeling. He doesn't like to keep his beard. After getting up every day, he always shaves carefully in the mirror, and will not be satisfied until he wipes his lips and chin cleanly.

Not only shave, but hair, clothes, leather shoes, every part of his body is exquisite and elegant. Wearing small round glasses, he always gives a sense of elegance to a university professor.

The Duke is not as fond of mingling with young people as his cousin Mikhail. In fact, he is more popular in the women's world. He is nicknamed Playboy, and he kills all women from 80 to 18. Really, it is very feminine.

But this is not to say that the Duke is an embryo. On the contrary, the Duke is a passionate seed who is not false, but also very sincere in his feelings. In his early years, he loved his wife now, but at that time his wife had already married his best friend and was already a wife and mother.

But the duke has always been indifferent, never married. It was not until 1825 that his friend was exiled to Siberia for participating in the December uprising.

Of course, this is not to say that the Duke rushed in immediately, he was not so despicable. In fact, he was very loyal to his friends. During the exile of his friends, he always kept his own courtesy, but only silently took care of his friends' wives and children who remained in St. Petersburg. Until his friends died of exilation due to tuberculosis, he resumed his lover.

You know, at that time, the lover in his heart was no longer young, and he was already the mother of four children. As the Duke and the Diamond King, he had better choices, but the Duke never looked back and loved him. Above all else.

Of course, the Duke is not a good man in the traditional sense, and there are still some people who mess with flowers. There are a lot of colorful flags floating outside at home.

It stands to reason that in Vienna, the music capital, in this city where waltzby is still walking, singing and dancing every day, the **** should be happy. But today, he is not happy because the situation in Vienna or Austria is weird.

From the beginning of the winter, the whole of Austria was shrouded in an extremely strong mood. Dissatisfaction with the Habsburg family and dissatisfaction with the national government strategy were unprecedentedly fierce. Liberals, nationalists, and constitutional monarchs all jumped out one by one. The whole country is like a pot of water sitting on the verge of boiling.

"Strike again?" Associate Admiral Gorchakov asked, "Where is this time?"

"Hungarians, they demand autonomy."

Alexander Gorchakov sighed and asked, "Is there any news from Prime Minister Metternich?"

"No, the Prime Minister's side is too bad."

Alexander Gorchakov shook his head and sent away the lieutenant. He walked slowly to the embassy window. The street in front of him was covered with leaflets, and occasionally he could see emotional street speakers.

At first the police worked hard, constantly arresting and expelling them, but in the past month it was obvious that the police had begun to slacken.

This is not good news, it shows that there is something wrong with the entire state machine! It means that the political situation is extremely unstable!

"This is a major event!"

Alexander Gorchakov extinguished his cigarette butt, hurriedly walked back to his desk, took out the official paper, brushed up and started writing a book, and wrote all the latest information about Vienna and his own analysis and judgment.

After a long time, he stuffed the letter paper into the diplomatic envelope and sealed it with fire paint. Then he rang the bell and called the followers: "Take the diplomatic express line and send it back to St Petersburg immediately!"

It is only that Alexander Gorchakov knows that his analysis and judgment may not attract much attention at home. Neither Niechel Lodie nor Nicholas I stubbornly believed in the coordinating system, and could not listen to the opinions of others. Most of his suggestions were unanswered.

Alexander Gorchakov walked back to the window and sighed, "Do your best to listen to your destiny!"

So what advice did Alexander Gorchakov have in his letter? His proposal was simple but bold. He first predicted the political situation in Austria. He believed that Ferdinand I and Metternich could no longer control the situation and that Austria would soon be in chaos.

He also believes that the chaos in Austria is beneficial to Russia. Russia can use the chaos in Austria to realize the aspirations that have not been imagined for centuries. It can completely annex Wallachia and Moldavia, and even Serbia. Also gain independence.

"... We can do our best in the Balkans and establish a new Orthodox Balkan new order!"

Alexander Gorchakov was not an avid believer, nor did he have a deep hatred with Austria. He only saw the opportunity belonging to Russia from the perspective of a diplomat.

In the previous decades and hundreds of years, Russia fought eight wars with Turkey. Although each time they could gain something, it was not a decisive victory. At most, it was the occupation of the Black Sea and the door of the Mediterranean.

But every time you pay a huge price, you can only move forward a small step. What is the reason? Not all Turks are powerful ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ In fact, the sick in the Near East are completely vulnerable. Except for the poor geographical conditions of Wallachia and Moldavia, which really made the Russian army stop, then the big powers got stuck.

It is not just Britain and France that are stumbling Russia, but Austria is the one who does not want Russia to continue to expand its influence in the region.

As an ally of the Holy Alliance, in fact, the Austrians did not secretly make a trip. In each Russian-Turkish war, the Austrians followed the cheap and did not take less, but in the end it was a wolverine. As Russia got closer and closer to Constantinople, and as the Pan-Slavic movement in Serbia became more intense, the Austrians were deeply wary of Russia's continued expansion of influence.

Alexander Gorchakov felt that if Austria was severely hit during this turmoil, at least it was stumped by domestic matters, then Russia could open up the situation with one shot, and even suggested that Nicholas I:

"... can Austria's liberals and nationalists be provided with some form of help ... this will help Austria to rely more on our country's support ... by which our country can expand its influence fairly ... Good consolidation of the traditional friendship and alliance between the two countries! "

This suggestion is quite amazing, at least for Nesher Lodie and Nicholas I, it was a thunderstorm ...