Chapter 166 A Gift from Talleyrand (...
"Enough, Mr. Talleyrand!" Desai put aside the warm diplomatic terms and said with disgust, "If I remember correctly, at the Erfurt Conference, you tried your best to instigate the civilized Tsar Alexander to fight against the uncivilized Emperor Napoleon. Now here, what is your intention?"
Talleyran's traitorism of betrayal of Napoleon has long been circulated in the upper class of European countries. Napoleon became even more alienated and hated Talleyran. However, the parties involved were not ashamed, but proud. He insisted that he betrayed the monarch Napoleon, but did not betray his motherland France.
So after hearing the severe accusations of Duke Hruna, the gorgeous prince raised his lips slightly and raised his eyebrows contemptuously. This was his unique way of sharply sarcasm to the other party, and it was a demeanor and demeanor that only the ancient nobles possessed.
"Dear Crown Prince, I am really disappointed by your unreasonable insults. I never make any excuses for what I do. Only the smartest, smartest, most magnificent and most dazzling monarch can understand my words and deeds."
"Where is Napoleon?" Desai said sarcastically.
"Before 1808, he was indeed like this, and after that, I would not like to comment more." Talleyran replied bluntly. The two of them were in a secluded corner of the garden, and no one dared to disturb them, so they could talk unscrupulously.
"The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia?"
"They are just conservative monarchs! But I am more optimistic about the future of Prussia, perhaps 50 years later."
"Alexander I?"
"Maybe, but only when this uncivilized country is in an unprecedented crisis can the strong will of the mystic believers be truly reflected! Similarly, I always insist that the Russian people are barbaric and uneducated."
Desai laughed silently, which was impressed by Talleyran's political wisdom. Although the latter had no moral integrity, he had to admire his extraordinary ability to foresee the future, and could quickly understand complex situations and flexibly change his position in dangerous moments. No matter how the political situation changes, he could always turn danger into a barbaric state and remain unmoved.
"What about me?"
"You already have all the potential of a wise monarch, but it takes time to test it!" Talleyran easily had an insight into Desai's inner world, and he was uncovered to please the superiors without any disgust.
"When?" Desai continued to ask.
"When you get the Danze Corridor from Prussia and reach a non-aggressive covenant with Austria! If you complete the above historical mission for Poland, I believe that the Austrians, Dutch, Swedes, and British people will put all the expectations that had been placed on Tsar Alexander I, and put them on the new Polish king. After all, we all agree with the civilized Polish people and the more civilized Polish monarch. And this is my true intention."
Talleyran's words are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and are confusing. When he talks with people, he always adds various body language, just like a flawless artistic method, which makes people enjoy a wonderful performance. At this time, his crippled lame becomes an indispensable and important prop, revealing his elegant and noble posture, making people feel wonderful and unconsciously attracted by it.
This elegant aristocratic art not only has irresistible charm to women, but also feels pale and impressed by men. However, Andrew Desai is no longer among them. His mind is extremely clear and he does not accept the confusion of the world.
The Polish crown prince always stared at the middle-sized and gorgeously dressed old man in front of him. His head was filled with fragrant powder that made him disgusted. His pale face looked like a thick cloth that concealed his soul. His light gray eyes had no expression at all, but only the corners of his mouth from time to time, a smile of seriousness, solemnity, sarcasm, or something else appeared.
"Please continue, dear Mr. Talleyrand. I apologize to you for your recklessness and irrationality!" Desai's tone revealed a gentle, sincere and humble feeling, which he needed to ask the wise man in front of him or the expert of lies.
Talleyran smiled and accepted Desai's apology, continuing the previously interrupted narrative, saying: "The Prussian ambassador, the young Duke of Brunswick, recently fell in love with a widowed Spanish lady, Baroness Leas Davia, who is from the Aragon area of Spain, but she likes you so much that she becomes Prince of Catalonia because her father, Father Busto who died in the square of Zaragoza Town Hall, I believe you should remember it.
Therefore, the Baroness always keeps her unforgettable hatred for you, and in the gathering of the Lady Salon, she vowed several times to get rid of the son who killed his father. As far as I know, the Spanish widow on Locke Street also secretly donated all the gifts of the Duke of Prussia to the Government of Cadiz. If…”
Talleyran said that this place will not continue, but Desai knew clearly what the former was hidden. After identifying the authenticity of this information, the Military Intelligence Agency could set up a plan to form an ordinary patriotic widow, portraying an ordinary patriotic widow as a conspiracy spy with the Spanish resistance government and the Kingdom of Prussia secretly contacted each other, colluding with each other, and a conspiracy spy against the Polish crown prince who had ill intentions.
Desai put on his hat brim, nodded slightly, and happily accepted Talleyran's first gift. If everything goes well, Desai will gain the coveted Danze Corridor for Poland (the Grand Duchy of Warsaw) and lead to the entrance to the Baltic Sea.
Tallyran said, "For now, Poland is neither realistic nor solid to form an alliance with Austria. Even if you make too many promises to the Austrian Foreign Minister, it will be useless. Prince Schwarzenberg, who has always had strong ambitions for the southern Polish territory, is the biggest obstacle. Even if Prince Metternich takes the Austrian emperor, it will be difficult to interfere unless you help him solve this problem."
The most straightforward way to solve the troubles of an Austrian prince is assassination. This is a taboo word, because conflicts between royal nobles can be resolved through parliamentary resolutions, private duels, or even gentlemen's wars, but they must not be replaced by despicable murder, otherwise the perpetrator will stand against all nobles.
In the early 19th century, only two kings in Europe were threatened or successfully assassinated by nobles. One was Napoleon, who was the European nobles at that time were reluctant to recognize the royal bloodline of the Bonaparte family and were happy to see the invincible French emperors die at the hands of their French compatriots (French Bourbon nobles or radical Jacobins);
The other is Tsar Paul I. Because the British hated the Russian Tsar who were close to Napoleon, they secretly ordered the London ambassador to Russia to instigate Paul I's son, Alexander, to hang his biological father. That's because Europeans (Western Europe) who claim to be civilized worlds have never looked down on the barbaric and vulgar Russians and do not regard them as their kind.
However, the time traveler has never been a real aristocrat in his bones. As a believer of "Machiavelliism", he can do anything to achieve political goals. Desai also firmly believes that using power and politics, cruelty, cunning, hypocrisy, lies and betrayal will be legitimate as long as it helps the rule of the monarch.
What's more, Prince Schwarzenberg has private hatred with him. Eliminating this war-hard Marshal Olidi can relieve the future military pressure in southern Poland, although the risks are very high.
But as long as the price is right, Desai would not mind acting as a gunman or a gangster. In the coming years, Ollie, who did not hold a hostile stance, is very important to Poland, because no country's natives can withstand the huge pressure of three-sided wars, even the Napoleonic Empire at its peak.
"Before the end of this year, my people will handle this matter well, and I hope that you and Prince Metternich can remember the unsigned covenant." After some trade-offs, Desai could not resist Talleyran's temptation and immediately agreed to the matter.
Talleyrand naturally said that as for whether it is true or lies, it takes time to test it. Of course, this must be under the premise that the Polish crown prince has strong strength.
"But this cannot alleviate the Russian threat." Desai also needs to prepare more allies for Poland. Talleyran, who is proficient in European diplomatic politics, can guide him how to do it and efficiently.
"Your Highness, among the neighboring countries you are concerned about, you seem to have forgotten Russia's mortal enemy, the Ottoman Empire!" Talleyran responded lightly, as if all the answers were loaded in his pocket and picked them up at will.
Ottoman Türkiye?
Famous European sick man!
It is indeed the enemy of life and death of the Russians. The war between the two countries lasted from the 18th century to the first half of the 20th century, and it never stopped for almost two hundred years. Of course, in most of the endings of the war, the Ottoman Türkiye acted as the loser who needed to cede land and pay compensation to the Russians.
The relationship between the Ottoman Empire and France has always been good. Turkey's modern military reform was assisted by the French officials (the era of Louis and the era of the Revolution). It was only after Napoleon invaded Egypt that the relationship between the two countries became bleak and irrelevant. However, before Napoleon was crowned the emperor of France, the two countries quickly repaired their diplomatic relations.
In 1806, in the "Stockpot Mutiny" initiated by the Ottoman conservative forces, the Sultan, who advocated learning from the West (mainly France) and carrying out social and military changes, expelled all French instructors in the new army, and the relationship between the two countries fell into a deadlock again. It was not until 1808 that after Mahmoud II became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, that bilateral exchanges slowly recovered again, but they never reached the level of close allies.
In 1812, after Napoleon led a 500,000 army invaded Russia, the Ottoman Turkish Sultan unexpectedly reached a peace agreement with his mortal enemy, the Russian Tsar's special envoy, allowing Russia's most powerful and powerful Moldovan legion to be transferred from the Russian-Turkish border and joining the 100,000 French troops encircled and evacuated from Moscow, causing Napoleon to suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, Desai is not prepared to regard Ottoman Türkiye, which has not returned to its word and does not keep its promise, as a future ally of Poland. Unless Tallyran can bring strong evidence to convince him.
Although Talleyran was not clear about what Desai was thinking, he believed that the crown prince of Poland was worried about the integrity of the pagans. So he explained, "The people who truly hold real power in the Ottoman Empire in the present day were not Mahmoud II who was on the throne of the Sultan, but his adoptive mother, the Queen Mother of the Ottoman Empire, who had studied and lived in France for many years and had always believed in Catholicism.
Of course, the Empress Dowager of the Pagan Sultan has another unknown real identity, the daughter of a nobleman in the French colony Martinique, and the cousin of former French queen Josephine. The relationship between the two is extraordinary, but unfortunately Napoleon didn't know, at least before the emperor and the queen officially divorced."
In this way, Desai understood the cause and effect of the matter and agreed that Talleyran's statement was not all lies. At least it was extremely credible in this matter. Otherwise, how to explain that the Ottoman Turks with strong revenge would miss the great opportunity to strangle the enemy of the century. At the beginning of the 19th century, the British's strength in the Middle East could not help pagans to serve him.
"What do you have to do? One million francs, or a territory of a principality?" Since Talleyrand released his goodwill, Desai must vote for Lee. There is no need to be hypocritical among conspirators, and they can trade nakedly.
"A promise, His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"But politicians' promises are not necessarily credible."
"But I believe in you, your respected Majesty!"
"As you wish, both my Poland and I will keep this solemn promise in mind!"
Chapter completed!