Struggle in Russia

Austria is a scam, this is Li Xiao's firm perception. The reason is also very simple. There is no such thing as the Habsburg family. Look at their series of magical operations starting in the middle of the 19th century, which fully explains what it means to die if you don’t die.

Which country suffered the most from the Revolution of 1848? Although France and Prussia have also been greatly affected, the basic market is stable and there is no major issue. In particular, France not only had a relatively small negative impact, but took advantage of the restoration of Napoleon III and the subsequent Crimean War to shed all the haze after the defeat of Napoleon the Great, eased the conflict with Russia, and successfully improved its international status .

The same is true for Prussia. Although the king was a little embarrassed by the common people, with the help of the positive effects of the revolution, capitalism developed greatly, step by step, and successfully became one of the world's leading industrial powers in the late 19th century.

But when you look at the Austrians, a revolution also broke out. Why is the gap so big? Austria can't handle the national uprisings in Hungary and the Czech Republic not only relying on its own strength, but it can't do anything about being beaten up by the rebels. Almost could only watch Hungary and the Czech Republic succeed in independence.

It is conceivable that if Hungary and the Czech Republic are really independent, the so-called Austrian Empire will become a complete joke, and then Croatia, Italy and even the Poles will have to follow the good example of Hungary. The basic game of the Grand Duchy of Austria can almost be said to be the end of the game.

In this grim situation, Nicholas I, an old friend of the Austrian people, generously extended a helping hand, helping the Habsburg family to quell the rebellious and independent forces in the country without asking for anything in return, and will put the precarious Austrian The Empire pulled back from the precipice.

This kind of "internationalism" spirit can only be compared with Louis XVI's aid to the American War of Independence. Ordinarily, this is a great favor to turn the tide and recreate it. The Austrians or the Habsburg family should also read the benefits of Nicholas I and the Russians, and unite more closely around the holy alliance with Nicholas I as the core. , have the same blessings and share the same difficulties, the love is deeper than the sea, right?

But what makes people dumbfounded is that after Nicholas I went to war with Turkey and soldiers entered Wallachia and Moldavia again, the Austrians chose to wait and see and be neutral, refusing to maintain a united front with Nicholas I.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. After all, if you want to face the two world powers of Britain and France at the same time, you should not be so impulsive. It is also a reasonable choice to remain neutral. But the neutrality of the Austrians made the Russians hate Nicholas I so much!

why? Because Prussia also remained neutral at that time, but the neutrality of the Prussians was really neutral, and it did not embarrass Russia, and even served as a communication channel between Russia, Britain and France.

And there is a reason why Prussia remained neutral,

That is, when Prussia fell out with Austria, Russia was facing Austria and forced the Prussians to sign the "Treaty of Olmitz", so it is completely understandable for the Prussians to be angry.

And the neutrality of the Austrians is simply a stab in the back, why do you say that? Because when the Austrians declared their neutrality, they stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on Transylvania and the Russian border, ready to make Russia look good at any time.

This is not to maintain neutrality, it is completely deceiving people, okay? Anyway, Nicholas I was so angry that he vomited blood, because Russia had to deal with the British and French landings in Crimea, and at the same time maintained a huge military force on the Russian-Austrian border to deal with the provocations of the Austrians. In other words, even if Russia has a lot of strength, it can only use five points to deal with Britain and France.

Is this Nima a little partner of the Holy Alliance? Is it the benefactor of Entong Reinvention? Anyway, after that, Nicholas I directly wrote the words "scumbag" on the back of Franz Joseph I's oil painting in the Winter Palace. One can imagine how angry Nicholas I was at that time.

Therefore, the breakdown of the Holy Alliance is over and the Austrians have made great contributions. Of course, in the 30 years of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi, after the death of Nicholas I, the Russians also took revenge in the Prussian-Prussian War. At that time, when the relationship between Prussia and Austria was extremely tense, Austria asked Russia's attitude, Alexander II's answer was that Russia would remain strictly neutral.

Then the Austrians thought that Russia had no intention of helping Prussia. As soon as the war broke out, the Austrians discovered that Russia had suddenly assembled hundreds of thousands of troops on the border between the two countries. Well, isn't this cheating!

As a result, when the Austrian ambassador questioned, the foreign ministers, Duke Alexander Gorchakov and Alexander II replied: "We are not just learning from what you did back then. How did you maintain neutrality back then? How does Russia maintain it now? neutral!"

Anyway, the relationship between Russia and Austria has never been the same since then, from a small partner fighting in a trench to a life-and-death enemy. The root cause is actually the Crimean War. If it weren’t for Austria being too despicable and shameless, offending the Russians to death, the international situation in the second half of the 19th century would be really hard to say.

But it was the Austrians who did this, which led to the complete destruction of the Holy Alliance, and Russia's complete abandonment and hatred of Austria. Then the conflicts and contradictions between the two countries on the Balkan issue became more and more intense day by day, and finally after the shot in Sarajevo It was detonated in an all-round way, and finally led to the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the First German Empire. There is really no winner.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Xiao, he just needs to tell Duke Alexander Gorchakov that the Austrians are unreliable and completely white-eyed wolves, although there is no way to bring back Nicholas I whose head was caught by the door and let him Don't care about Austria's life and death, at least it can't be as stupid as in history, helping the Austrians in vain without gaining any benefits.

To take advantage of this opportunity, at least let the Austrians make concessions on the Wallachia and Moldavia issues, and let Russia control the two duchies reasonably and legally.

Therefore, Li Xiao suggested: "To completely separate Wallachia and Moldavia and make them independent, this not only satisfies the independence requirements of Wallachia and Moldavia in name, but also serves as a Block the mouths of Britain, France and other countries."

"Then support the pro-Russian Grand Duchy of Wallachia and Moldavia, it is best to establish our country's special relationship with the two countries in the form of legislation, allowing our country to station troops in the two countries and enjoy other special powers, this should be our bottom line !"