Make France Great Again

Moral and diplomatic help? Well, this behavior is very British.

Jerome Bonaparte secretly expressed his approval of Britain's "adding insult to injury".

For the island countries separated from the European continent, the British Kingdom is simply a natural crap stick. Their core policy lies in the European continental balance strategy, so it is simply a fantasy to ask them to make chestnuts for the Sardinian Dynasty.

Perhaps Palmerston itself is also waiting for the French Republic to take action, otherwise the sphere of influence of the Austrian Empire will invade France.

Given that the differences between the Holy Alliance have not widened to the point of breaking, Jerome Bonaparte estimated that Britain would not be willing to act without help.

Not to mention that Tsar Nicholas I, the fool of the Russian Empire, and Emperor Joseph Franz, the "little fresh meat" of the Austrian Empire, happened to be at the stage of "glue-like knees" during this time period. The 140,000 Russian troops have not yet withdrawn from the Kingdom of Hungary .

[PS: On August 15, 1849, the Hungarian independent Kossuth was suppressed. 】

Britain can only sit on the wall and provide moral assistance to Sardinia, just like the Kingdom of Britain sat on the sidelines of the Kingdom of Sardinia to besiege the fourth corner of the Lombard fortress a year ago.

"Mr. Minister Tocqueville!" Jerome Bonaparte spread his hands and sighed: "Since Minister Palmerston has made his choice, I think the French Republic should also make the same choice as the British Kingdom. You can Draft an announcement with the following content."

Jerome Bonaparte cleared his throat, and said in his earthy tone: "The French Republic is a peace-loving country. We deeply regret the unfortunate experience of the Kingdom of Sardinia! We hope that the Austrian Empire and The two sides of the Kingdom of Sardinia can restrain each other, and in order to maintain a stable European environment of peace, tolerate and understand each other."

Jerome Bonaparte imitated the vague diplomatic rhetoric of a great country in his previous life, and the whole meaning of the text was to let the Sardinian Dynasty lie down.

"Your Excellency, the Kingdom of Britain is far away from the European continent. Of course they can do nothing!" Tocqueville tried to persuade Jerome Bonaparte: "But France is different, we are in the European continent. Any part of the European continent Any change in the market will have a certain impact on the Republic."

"Mr. Minister Tocqueville, you seem to have forgotten what the original mission of the Kingdom of Sardinia was?" Jerome Bonaparte didn't bother to break up with this romantic and pessimistic minister. In order to balance the power of the cabinet, he would never agree to Tocqueville's entry into the cabinet.

Jerome Bonaparte explained aggressively: "My uncle led the French army and defeated them six times.

Even if they won in the end, their soldiers came to Paris, but it was a tragic victory. The reason why they did not dare to dismember France unscrupulously was completely intimidated by the power of my uncle and the French people. No one would want to see 1792 The republic was re-established in Paris.

Once they choose to dismember France, it will inevitably cause the people of Paris to spontaneously pick up their spears and launch a war against the invaders. If there is another genius military leader like my uncle in France, and then replicate the original miracle, will they drag their national power overdrawn? , or even the risk of annihilation of the army coming six times against the alliance of France?

They established the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the north and the Kingdom of Sardinia in the south. They will be responsible for the first French offensive as the outpost of France, so that the Prussian army in the Rhineland and the Austrian imperial army in Lombardy can have time to do it. respond.

But they have calculated thousands of times, and they did not calculate that the Kingdom of the Netherlands split a Kingdom of Belgium. The Kingdom of Sardinia declared war on Austria under the pressure of Italy's national unification sentiment. What was supposed to be a barrier against French invasion turned into a weapon against them. "

Jerome Bonaparte looked at Tocqueville with a playful expression.

In just over thirty years, the tone set by the Vienna Conference was completely destroyed.

This is history's blow to Metternich and other big chess parties. The rotten Rhineland has become the richest land in Germany in thirty years. Lombardy and Venice, which enjoyed the name of wealth in the Middle Ages, have changed instead. It became a tasteless place for the Austrian Empire.

Any so-called big chess party will become a joke in the face of history.

Tocqueville was silent for a long time, he didn't know how he should persuade Jerome Bonaparte, his heart gradually inclined to Jerome Bonaparte's remarks.

"Mr. Minister Tocqueville, we have no reason to persuade French citizens to take chestnuts from the fire for a kingdom!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Tocqueville with a straight face: "So, I will never allow you to intervene in Sardinia on your own initiative kingdom."

Jerome Bonaparte's resolute disapproval of support completely extinguished his desire to support the Sardinian Dynasty. Without the endorsement of the president, Tocqueville, the foreign minister, could do nothing.

"Okay! Mr. President, I understand!" Frustrated Tocqueville responded in a low tone.

"Mr. Minister, I don't think you have anything important to report!" Jerome Bonaparte glanced at the brand-new grandfather clock placed in the corner of the study, and issued an order to evict Tocqueville.

"Mr. President, I wish you a happy holiday!" After slightly bowing to Jerome Bonaparte, Tocqueville left in a carriage accompanied by Pessini.

Jerome Bonaparte, who watched Tocqueville leave, called Mokar: "Help me call Baron Huebner of Austria!"

Mokar looked at Jerome Bonaparte in surprise, and said faithfully, "Yes!"

[Baron Alexander von Huebner (1811-1892): In 1849, he was in charge of the foreign affairs of the Austrian Empire in Paris, and was promoted to the ambassador of the Austrian Empire to France in September. 】

On the other hand, Tocqueville, who was sitting in the carriage, did not choose to go home first, but ordered the carriage to go to the Sardinian embassy in France.

Tocqueville felt that he needed to inform the Sardinian ambassador to France of France's attitude.

The carriage carrying Tocqueville stopped in front of a three-story mansion.

"Your Excellency, the Sardinian embassy has arrived!" the coachman said to Tocqueville.

Tocqueville, who closed his eyes and thought about French foreign affairs, opened his eyes, opened the car door and got out of the car, then went straight to the steps of the same embassy, ​​and knocked on the door of the embassy.

The Sardinian embassy slowly opened the door, and a soldier in black tunic opened the door.

He who didn't know Tocqueville looked at Tocqueville in surprise and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"I am Tocqueville, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, and I have something important to see your diplomatic ambassador!" Tocqueville said to the Sardinian military attache in a hurry.

The soldier who got the answer from Tocqueville's self-reported house hurriedly opened the door to greet him, and Tocqueville came to the welcome hall under his leadership.

"Please wait a moment! I'm going to see Mr. Ambassador!" The soldier who settled Tocqueville bowed slightly and left.

After a while, the Sardinian ambassador with eyes came to Tocqueville under the leadership of the Sardinian military attache.

"Minister Tocqueville, welcome to the embassy!" The Sardinian ambassador hurried to Tocqueville and stretched out his hand to Tocqueville.

"Mr. Ambassador!" Tocqueville shook the Sardinian Ambassador's hand and nodded.

The two sitting on the sofa started a formal talk.

At this time, the Sardinian, whose country was being bullied by the Austrian Empire, looked eagerly and asked impatiently: "Minister Tocqueville, has the French Republic decided to give us some help?"

After a moment of silence, Tocqueville said apologetically in a low voice: "I'm sorry! From my personal feelings, I sympathize with what happened to the Kingdom of Sardinia. From the perspective of France's own interests, the safety of the Kingdom of Sardinia is related to The security of the French Republic."

Before the ambassador of Sardinia happily thought that France would support the Kingdom of Sardinia, Tocqueville changed his subject: "However, the French Republic cannot support the Kingdom of Sardinia for some reason, so..."

Tocqueville did not state the conclusion. However, the Ambassador of Sardinia clearly understood what Tocqueville meant, and he said with a slightly frustrated expression: "So the French Republic is not going to support the Kingdom of Sardinia?"

"No..." Tocqueville categorically denied: "We will give some solidarity to the Sardinian Dynasty diplomatically. Europe needs peace, and the French Republic also desires peace."

The Ambassador of Sardinia nodded with a bitter smile and said to Tocqueville: "I understand! Thank you for everything the French Republic has done for the Kingdom of Sardinia. We will never forget the friendship of the French Republic!"

"Oh!" Tocqueville, who was emotional, could only sigh.

While Tocqueville and the Sardinian ambassador were sighing, the conversation between Jerome Bonaparte and Baron Huebner was extremely pleasant.

"Mr. President, does France really not interfere with Austria's punishment of the Kingdom of Sardinia?" Baron Huebner, who was summoned by Jerome Bonaparte, said in surprise.

"France must abide by the principles of European peace! France is not willing to participate in the affairs between your country and the Kingdom of Sardinia." Jerome Bonaparte said to Baron Huebner: "However, we still hope that your country Prime Minister Schwarzenberg should not criticize the Kingdom of Sardinia too much, they were also part of the coercion back then."

"The Austrian Empire has no intention of destroying the Kingdom of Sardinia. We just punished the Kingdom of Sardinia for invading us." Baron Huebner responded modestly: "As you said, the Austrian Empire also I hope that the continent of Europe can live in peace forever."