Chapter 29 Ultimatum and the Archduke of Warsaw...
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Now, Mavakhovsky and others realized that the young but treacherous and cunning crown prince Desai had already prepared for the future, as if he had blocked the future advancement qualifications of other crown prince competitors before the outbreak of this political crisis.
Looking at the whole of Europe, the lower house of parliament in Warsaw can no longer find a suitable candidate for both moral integrity, outstanding ability, and able to replace Andrew Desay as the Polish crown prince in a short period of time.
Of course, there is also a long-standing "glorious tradition" in Poland's national politics, that is, for years, more than ten years, or even decades, no king or crown prince was required to implement a parliamentary democratic republic ruled by great nobles.
But today is different from the past. Poland is no longer the Eastern European power that conquered pagans and barbarians from all over the world, saved Jesus Christ in a fiery, unstoppable and meteoric way. It is just a small principality that has been regained shortly under the protection of guns and bayonets of the French Empire.
If a leader with outstanding capabilities is lacking as the head of state will inevitably lead to further division of the state system. When there are strong enemies outside, not to mention building and reviving Poland, even maintaining the current situation of the Principality of Warsaw will be extremely difficult.
Therefore, this consensus was that after the Kingdom of Poland encountered three divisions of Prussia, Russia and Austria at the end of the last century, and eventually led to its demise, all the people of lofty ideals in Poland had a clear understanding and profound understanding.
When the conflict between the crown prince and the parliament became prominent, the latter soon realized that the political crisis that broke out between them and the crown prince was very likely to drag Poland back to the brink of destruction and began to actively seek various ways of political compromise. Therefore, the Earl of Koshichko, who was highly respected and had a clear political stance towards the crown prince of Desay, became the most suitable candidate.
However, Count Koshiciusko unexpectedly refused the request from the lower house of parliament. One of the greatest patriots in Poland actually ran to a manor near Warsaw for rest on the pretext of being ill and evading the responsibility of the state.
That was when Count Koshiciusko received a secret letter from the crown prince. In the letter, Desai clearly instructed the Count to take the initiative to avoid suspicion and not to participate in the reconciliation of the conflicts between him and the parliament. Because the crown prince himself had authorized Minister Fernando to handle the full power.
The subtext between the lines reveals Desai's dissatisfaction with the old earl.
The political philosophy pursued by Desay is that Bismarck-like "power is better than truth". In a command he wrote to the Marquis of Fernando, he mentioned, "The major issues in Poland today can no longer rely on speeches and parliamentary resolutions, but must rely on iron and blood."
"Iron" is a powerful iron-fisted method. This includes the determination and position expressed by the ultimatum, the active interference of the missions of various countries, the incitement of ordinary people to protest, the danger of invasion from Russia, etc.
As for "blood", the Alpha Operations Team, who was directly ordered by the crown prince, has firmly locked in several targets and is planning or preparing for a detailed plan for assassination. Once the situation develops to an uncontrollable point, it is the time for them to show their skills.
For those conservative aristocrats who proposed and promoted the Regent Law, Desai was generally in opposition to them. The gap between the two sides in the concept of governing the country and the constitutional constitution of the monarchy is not something that can be eliminated by just one or two words, one or two pieces of self-interest.
Therefore, Desai did not expect these people to be warned by God, change their courses and no longer cause trouble for themselves. But it should be pointed out that Desai's views on noble MPs were simply disliked, and it had not yet risen to a deep hatred and was different from the point of being in heaven.
However, the Jacobinists, led by General Jojo Zajunchek (who later shamelessly betrayed Poland and became the guest of honor for the Russian Tsar), and the former political ally of His Royal Highness, became the primary target of the desai orders the contingent to launch a strike.
It was these bastards who claimed to be the most determined revolutionaries who actually left Erfa during the voting process of the House of Parliament, supported the Regent Law and passed it with absolute high votes, betraying the previous commitments to the Crown Prince Desay.
Although Desai was thicker than the city wall, the openly slandered the Warsaw Parliament and the Jacobins' betrayal of the superiors made the superiors furious. When the ultimatum was issued, he secretly prepared the worst plan to split up with Poland.
The so-called country, nation and honor are just topics that time travelers often talk about. As a politically sensitive person, when they fail to create a general environment suitable for their own survival and development, Desai will resolutely choose to give up.
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But when the attendant Nalt gently woke Mavakhovsky who was half lying on the sofa chair, the speaker of the House suddenly felt that the wave of protests from Pengbai seemed to stop suddenly from the castle square.
"What happened?" Mavakhovsky frowned. He pushed away the wet cleaning cloth provided by the attendant's hands, jumped off the lounge chair, and walked straight to a window facing the street. The attendant who followed closely opened a corner of the thick curtain for his master.
Through the clean glass window, Speaker Mavakhovsky saw a kind old priest wearing a purple sacrificial robe symbolizing hardship and redemption in the square, who was patiently talking to the protesters.
Soon, the demonstrators gathered in front of the parliament, stopped and evacuated themselves under the persuasion of the old priest.
This amiable old priest was the co-editor of the Five and Three Constitutions and the founder of the "Friends of the National Constitutions". From 1791 to 1792, he served as the royal deputy prime minister and close comrade-in-arms of Koshiciusko. He served as the Minister of Finance in the uprising government and the representative of interests of the lower nobles and ordinary civilians in Poland. Hugo Kovantai.
After the founding of the Grand Duchy in 1807, Kovantai, who had been in exile in the Saxony Kingdom and France, returned to Warsaw and began to actively promote a political system reform that affected all Poland. Some of his propositions were even more radical than the Jacobins. In addition to demanding the complete dethrone and eradication of all evil serfdom in terms of law, morality, and thought, he also advocated equality between the nobles and the citizens, establishing a common parliament, and weakening the functions of the traditional parliament, strengthening the power of the monarch, implementing the hereditary system of the monarch, etc.
In this way, Father Kovantai was naturally insoluble in the mainstream politicians in Warsaw, and the great nobles hated him for betraying their class interests; and the left-wing Jacobins also disliked Father Kovantai's counter-revolutionary remarks in trying to strengthen the monarchy's power.
Soon, the rebellious Father Kovantai was jointly excluded by his colleagues in the parliament.
In the parliamentary elections in 1808, Kovantai was ruled by a moral court temporarily organized by the parliamentary committee to commit favoritism and fraud during the election process, and eventually lost the qualification of a member of the House of Commons. In addition, Kovantai was asked by the House of Commons not to participate in any social activities within five years, and could only stay at home wholeheartedly and write his book "Physical and Moral Order".
But after the disheartened Earl Koshichushko refused the request from the parliament and was not ready to seek a compromise plan with the Crown Prince's envoy, Mavakhovsky and others had to lift the political ban in advance and re-appoint Hugo Kovantai. The reason is very simple, Hugo Kovantai's reform proposal coincides with the political demands of the Crown Prince Desay.
At the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, along with Hugo Kovantai, representatives of the Jacobin faction, General Joe Zajunchek, and commander of the parliamentary legionist faction, General Jan Henrik Dombrowski.
As for Speaker Mavakhovsky, he himself is the strong backbone of the great nobles in the lower house of parliament; as a representative of the noble military, Prince Poniatovsky was serving as ambassador in Paris and could not attend the meeting in time.
The opinions of the above four people will directly determine that the battle between the parliament and the crown prince will be quelled, continued or intensified.
Everyone went to the Speaker's meeting room one after another, and the 61-year-old Father Kovantai looked a little tired.
As soon as he entered the door, he asked the speaker's entourage for a large glass of light beer and drank it himself. In addition, the busy court servants also brought some pancakes and soft cheese (a kind of cake) to Father Hugo Kovantai.
Obviously, persuading tens of thousands of demons to leave the market voluntarily is not only a mental job, but also a lot of physical strength.
Mavakhovsky originally wanted to ask Father Kovantai about the specific negotiations between the latter and Minister Fernando, but he could only wait until the hungry clergyman was fed and drunk before talking about it.
General Joe Zhajunchek, who was short, always had a gloomy face, sat in a remote corner, no longer put on the hypocritical face of chatting and laughing and being kind to others. When he was facing the exquisite desserts and various drinks sent by his servants, he was uninterested.
Just a few hours ago, General Zajunchek received a secret report from Torun, saying that more than 60% of the officers and soldiers of the two divisions under the control of the Jacobins had refused the order of the lower house of parliament to relocate back to Warsaw on the pretext of serious insufficient military pay.
What's more serious is that these rebels who refused to implement military orders actually left the barracks, followed the Vistula River and entered the Danze Corridor, where they were stationed in the private territory of the Crown Prince Desay.
It goes without saying that this is a warning or punishment from His Royal Highness to the Jacobins.
Last year, under the appeal of Count Koshichushko, the Jacobins led by General Joszhajunchek took the initiative to surrender to the Crown Prince of Desay. They received a large amount of aid from the Mediterranean Bank and got rid of the dilemma of lack of military pay and backward equipment in the past.
Now, when he encountered the betrayal of Zajunchek and others, the Crown Prince Desai would not be ruthless. He directly ordered the hidden personnel of the Military Intelligence Bureau to incite and incite most of the officers and soldiers of the two divisions to join the Danze Corridor.
Among the three visitors, only General Jan Henrik Dombrowski, who was strong and gentle in temperament but had a slightly indifferent expression, was chatting with Speaker Mavakhovski without a single sentence.
Since Dombrowsky was a general who could never speak Polish well, the conversation language of Speaker Mavakhovsky chose the common language of the upper class in Europe - French.
As a neutral political stance and excellent military commander, Dombrowski, a straight Polish uniform, was covered with various epaulettes on his chest, including the Commander's Medal of the Legion of Honor, the Medal of Polish Military Brave, the Big Polish White Eagle Ribbon, the Commander's Medal of Italian Iron Crown, etc.
Regarding the fact that the Crown Prince of Desay returns to Poland, Dombrowsky was very expectant and hopeful. It was not only that Poland needed a commander who was good at fighting. When the Crown Princess Saxony married Princess Saxony, the general also had a lot of favorable feelings for the Crown Prince of Desay.
However, Dongbrovsky's and his Polish legions were not only greatly restrained by the Warsaw Parliament, but also had to accept direct orders from the Paris side, namely Emperor Napoleon, which led to the head of the legionist acting cautiously every day and walking on thin ice.
With a mild temper, Dombrowsky tried his best to get along with his compatriots; while his indifferent expression was a kind of self-protection, intending to keep a certain distance from other political forces in Poland, so as not to be misunderstood by Emperor Napoleon again.
Chapter completed!