Struggle in Russia

Nesselrode couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of old blood: 【You just agreed, didn't you hear what His Majesty said? Can the Austrians agree? You are an old fool! 】

So before Nicholas I could speak, Nesselrode immediately interjected, "Duke, please be aware that if all this is to be realized, it will inevitably damage our good alliance with Austria!"

Did Paskovich know this? Of course he knows, the problem is, you, Austria, are still waiting for Lao Tzu's steel army to suppress the rebellion! Don't I need to give some benefits to help you suppress the rebellion? You are worried about subjugation, what if you want Wallachia and Moldavia?

According to Paskovich's thinking, Nicholas I can be a little tougher, and it is completely reasonable for Austria to share a little bit of Poland's territory with Russia as a reward.

Of course, no one understood Nicholas I's face-saving personality better than Paskovich, so he also knew that he couldn't say that, at least not so bluntly.

He said slowly: "How can it damage our alliance with Austria? In order to save Austria and the Habsburg family, we are ready to help counter the rebellion. Is it necessary to save them in dire straits and help them turn the tide? Are they worthy of gratitude?"

Speaking of which, Paskovich gave Nesselrode a white look, and said mockingly: "If the Austrians are not going to appreciate such a great kindness, and if they don't plan to meet our trivial and reasonable demands, then what kind of ally are they? !"

These words touched Nicholas I's heart, how well the old man said it! How can the Austrians not appreciate it? How can you not satisfy my little request?

Don't worry, before Paskovich finished speaking, he immediately said: "Take a step back, the current situation in Wallachia is chaotic, and these rebellious mobs are rampant without any law, not only harming our Russia interests, and also harmed the interests of Austria, and then Britain and France watched and instigated evil, and Austria had no way to intervene."

"In this way, without intervention, Wallachia will completely become a paradise for Britain and France, which is tantamount to letting them insert a stick in our Balkan homeland. How can this be allowed?"

"The Austrians are too busy to take care of themselves. Let Russia restore the normal order in Wallachia and prevent the invasion of Britain and France. Isn't this the best solution under the current situation? Are the Austrians just going to let Britain and France do what they want? "

This series of rhetorical questions is really quite exciting, almost all of them are asked to the root, at least Nicholas I very much agrees: [It’s not like the old man said, the Austrians occupy the latrines and don’t shit, and they are cheap for Britain and France. What kind of? Are England and France your allies or Laozi your allies? 】

Nicholas I's expression changed immediately,

From a little hesitant and hesitant to full of complaints and wanting to have a big fight, this drove Nesselrode almost crazy. He managed to dispel Nicholas I's thoughts, but Pascoe The old thing Vicki started to stir up, Nima, you are here to fight against me, right?

Nesselrode wanted to strangle Paskovich to death, but there was one thing he wanted to say wrong. Paskovich was here to oppose him, or in other words, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of War have always been inconsistent. deal with.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the army should follow the baton of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and politics determines military affairs. However, the Ministry of the Army headed by veterans such as Paskovich always feels that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the way, and they always step on the brakes when they are going well and ready to show their strengths, which is simply cheating.

Therefore, the army generals hope to get rid of the restraint of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and fully let themselves go once, so that they can fully display their abilities and earn their merits.

So where is the truth? On the whole, Nesselrode should be right. The military always serves politics, and the military is only a means to achieve political goals. This means is not the only one, nor is it necessary. Therefore, the generals must not be allowed to let themselves go, otherwise it would be a disaster!

But Nesselrode is right about this major premise, because if the political purpose is problematic from the beginning, and this positioning is not good for the national interest, then this premise will not exist.

The biggest problem for Nesselrode and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he is in charge of now is that they put the so-called Holy Alliance above Russia's national interests, and maintaining the interests of the Holy Alliance is not completely beneficial to Russia's national interests. This needs to be discussed!

Citizens of any country don’t like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to treat foreigners better than their own people. After all, the basis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ existence is to safeguard national interests, not for you to use national interests to curry favor with foreigners and then safeguard private interests.

And now Nesselrode is doing the latter. In order to maintain his own political status, he sacrificed the interests of Russia. This naturally dissatisfied the Ministry of War, which was already full of opinions on him, and naturally it would not give him any favors. His face, it's too normal to scold him.

But Nesselrode has not realized this at all, and still stubbornly believes that Paskovich is meddling in other people's business, and believes that diplomatic affairs should be decided by him, the prime minister and foreign minister, and he cannot tolerate it. He chirped.

Anyway, Nesselrode made up his mind in his heart, he must give Paskovich some eye drops after he gets here, otherwise you won't be able to rebel, and I'm a prime minister!

But at the moment he held back, because it is pointless to quarrel with Paskovich now, and this guy is an illiterate rough man, he will beat people if he is impatient, and his old arms and legs of Nesselrode cannot stand Live the explosive hammer of this product.

So Nesselrode once again resorted to his stunts, and said again: "Duke, please be careful, doing so will cause a lot of gossip, it will be ugly, and it will greatly damage your majesty's glorious image! We have to think about it holistically!"

Sure enough, Nicholas I was tricked again, and immediately frowned, but Paskovich just sneered, and replied calmly: "Gossip? An Austrian?"

Nesselrode naturally nodded repeatedly. In his opinion, Paskovich would definitely lose, but who knew that the old man turned around and fired at him:

"Prime Minister, this is where you made a mistake! You indulged the Austrians too much and raised them up. You don't know how to be grateful for letting them benefit for nothing!"

"Besides, what is the function of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Isn't it used to clarify and resolve these gossip? If you are not even useful for this, you might as well disband as soon as possible!"