Constantinople

Negotiations began to decide the fate of the three empires, Alexander Menshkov of Russia, Mesterse of Austria, and Herdegrapasha of the Ottoman Empire.

The three of them were tense, and a war of words full of gunpowder began. On the contrary, the negotiations between the three were very harmonious, at least in the early stages.

Except for Herdegrapasha's somewhat gloomy face, the atmosphere of the negotiations was quite harmonious, at least the negotiations between Menshkov and Mestese were very smooth.

The content of the Russian-Austrian secret agreement has been agreed upon, and now when it comes to the scene, it is difficult to think about disharmony.

The Ottomans attempted to take advantage of the conflict of interests of the Russians and Austrians in the Balkans to divide the strategic objectives of the two countries and bankrupt.

The representatives of Britain and France who participated in this mediation were dumbfounded, and the Russians and Austrians had clearly negotiated the tripartite talks, and they would come together to slaughter the Ottoman Empire.

In less than a morning, the Russian representative Menshkov and the Austrian representative Mesterse reached a consensus that the two countries were dividing the sphere of influence in the Balkans.

The angry Ottoman representatives are furious, but everyone is civilized, even if they are carving up the Ottoman Empire, it is impossible to say it directly?

Now Russia and Austria are talking about dividing the commercial trade circle, avoiding vicious competition, and helping the Ottoman Empire to join civilization as soon as possible.

It is true that it joined the civilized society, but not as the Ottoman Empire, but after being annexed by the two countries, it became a member of the civilized world.

Herdegrapasha said with a gloomy face: "Both, we appreciate your kindness, the Ottoman Empire does not need your help!" ”

Menshikov replied with a sneer: "It doesn't matter, your country doesn't need this kind of help now, it will need it soon."

For the sake of world peace and stability, the Russian Empire, as the leader of the civilized world, was obliged to help the Ottoman Empire advance. ”

Weak countries have no diplomacy, and this has been vividly demonstrated here. Even Britain and France were inclined to the Ottoman Empire, and on the Balkan issue, it was still Russia and Austria that had a greater say.

"You, you're ......," Herdegarer was speechless

The Russians have not been messing around for a day or two, and it is still unacceptable to do so openly on diplomatic occasions.

In particular, the phrase "leader of civilized society" angered the British delegate Joseph Edward, who asked-for-tat:

"When did your country become the leader of the civilized world, how do I not know? Did you know? ”

Everyone present wanted to laugh, but they were forced by diplomatic etiquette to hold back the pain.

How is it possible to admit that the Russians are the bosses of the civilized world? With the exception of the Russians themselves, no one in Europe has ever recognized it.

If you put it another way, for example: "as a member of the civilized world", I guess everyone can still accept it.

The leaders of the civilized world should forget it, even if they are allies with the Russians, it is impossible for Mestese to support the Russians on this issue.

Diplomacy has never been the strong point of the Russians, and the Russians have a lot of jokes about diplomacy, and they don't care about one more time.

Menshkov's face turned ugly in an instant, and when the foreign politics were announced, didn't everyone say that?

Both the British and the French boasted to be the leaders of the civilized world at the time of overseas colonial aggression, and the Russians certainly followed suit.

It's a pity that these words don't matter if you say them in private, but if you say them on an official diplomatic occasion, there will be a problem.

Now that the words have been spoken, Menshkov can only hold on. He stubbornly said: "As the number one power on the European continent, it is natural to be the leader of the civilized world. ”

The British delegate, Joseph Edward, sneered: "Your Excellency, you forgot to add the word army. By the way, the standard of judgment in the civilized world is not force, it is the practice of barbarians. ”

Menshikov said angrily: "Who are you scolding a barbarian, Lao Tzu wants to duel with you!" ”

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Looking at Menshkov, who had been tricked, Mestese shook his head helplessly. He really can't complain about the Russians sending this representative who believes in force.

However, he had to help deal with the aftermath, otherwise he would soon be in full force.

"If the two of you want to duel, let's change the time and place. Otherwise, we will be remembered as a joke in the history of diplomacy. ”

Considering the disparity in force, Joseph Edward decisively chose to give up and snorted coldly: "Hmph! ”

Menshkov is also not a fool, but he was forced into a corner by the British, and he simply went to the end, anyway, it was not one or two Russian diplomats and people who duel.

Of course, duels with people in such formal diplomatic occasions have rarely happened in this century, and duels at the duke-level have never happened, and Menshikov did not want to be the first.

However, the tradition of duels still prevailed in Russia, and even the father of Russian literature, Pushkin, died in the decision of peacemaker. It is worth mentioning that Pushkin is also a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The smell of gunpowder was so strong that the negotiations naturally could not proceed. Anyway, everyone is not in a hurry, and the expectation of resolving the conflict through negotiation is not high, so it is good to rest for a few days to extinguish the fire and then continue the negotiations.

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Vienna

The farce that took place in Constantinople, Franz was naturally unknown, and at this time he was busy greeting guests.

As a neighbor, the Bavarian government has always been very wary of Austria, and after seeing the expansion of Austria's army, the Bavarian government became worried.

Even if they thought Austria was fighting in the Balkans, they wanted to repair relations between the two countries as soon as possible and remove possible threats.

The Queen Mother Sophie advocated a marriage between the two royal families, and after Franz stalled for political reasons, he did not refuse the Bavarian royal family's proposal, but gave the answer of waiting a few years.

The Bavarian royal family, who were worried about the long nights and dreams, simply asked Princess Helen to visit this aunt. Of course, she was not the only one who came, but also the younger generation members of the royal family, including the famous Princess Sissi in later generations.

As the protagonist, Franz naturally wanted to give his mother a face, and personally presided over this welcome banquet.

Europeans develop relatively early, and frankly speaking, these two girls are very good. Judging from her words and deeds, Princess Helen should have received a good court education, while Princess Sissi's performance was much worse.

Don't think that in the name of princesses, they are real princesses. If in the Eastern monarchies, they can only be regarded as clan daughters at best.

Their father is a side branch duke of the royal family, and the lord of more than three generations of blood relations. Under normal circumstances, they would not have been able to marry Franz, and the Bavarian royal family would not have had this idea.

The reason for all this is that Queen Sophie, she and Princess Helen's mother are sisters, and they have had a very good relationship since childhood. Long before Franz succeeded to the throne, there were proposals for marriage.

In contrast, Princess Sisi is tragic, her biological mother is just a palace maid, and after the hostess hangs up, she counterattacks the throne.

This is also one of the reasons for the tragedy of Princess Sissi in history, her sister Princess Helen is the niece of Queen Sufi, so she is naturally favored. She, who cut off her beard halfway, obviously can't expect Queen Mother Sophie to have a good face.

That's it, the Austrian court also has rules, and the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law does not actually affect the status of the queen.

But on the issue, Princess Sissi is a rebellious type, incompatible with the rules of the palace, and often does things beyond her identity, which makes the royal family criticized.

After this back and forth, the queen mother naturally wanted to intervene in the discipline, and the contradictions between the two sides gradually accumulated.

In the later period, the criticism became louder and louder, and the Vienna court believed that Princess Sisi was not qualified to raise the next generation, and the Queen Mother Sufi deprived her of the right to educate her children, and the conflict was completely intensified.

On these issues, the original owner naturally made a decision that he thought was right, but in fact did not play any role.

Of course, even a change of person will not solve this problem. Unless Princess Sissi's personality is completely changed, tragedy is inevitable.

If the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be reconciled, the issue of children's education can also be brought up by the father. Then the political pot is very deadly.

Especially on the issue of the birth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she was the empress who won the support of the Hungarian people and stood in opposition to the Austrian people.

For a while, the voice of expelling the empress became mainstream in Vienna, and you can see how difficult the situation she faced.

History and cinema are completely different concepts, and the tragedy of the protagonist is not so much caused by the court as by herself?

The rules of the Viennese court bound her as well as protected her, and without them, she would have been the first empress of Austria to be deposed.

Looking back at history, Franz did not make any assessment. While enjoying the convenience that your birth brings to you, you also have to pay for it.

Before this political marriage, Princess Sissi's parents did not hold any positions and had moved away from the center of power.

On the surface, the idyllic life seems to be beautiful, but in fact the Duke of Maximilian was forced by economic difficulties and had to stay away from the big cities.

When I was a child, I lived an unfettered life, in other words, my family was financially difficult and could not afford to hire a tutor, so I could only go to public schools to go to school with others, and it was naturally convenient to skip classes.

Just look at Franz, a student is stared at by dozens of teachers, trying to skip class and dream! Do you know that as soon as you skip class, the teachers will have a collective holiday?

Don't think that the aristocracy is very rich, how can a lord like them who has a distant royal family, who has been far away from the center of power for a long time, who is not engaged in production and who has been sitting on the mountain for a long time, can maintain the expenses of the big nobles?

This can also be seen from Princess Sissi's shabby dowry. The dowry obtained by marrying as a queen was not enough for Franz to pay for half a large banquet.

Princess Helen was able to receive a good upbringing, and naturally her good aunt was indispensable. After all, the Queen Mother Sufi has always been in charge of the family's economic power, and as a close branch of the royal family, the annual income of the Archduke Karl is not low.

The Queen Mother Sophie smiled and asked, "Franz, what are you thinking?" Are you hooked? ”

Franz casually made an excuse and fooled: "No, I just thought about the Constantinople negotiations." ”

Queen Sophie smiled: "Really? There are guests here today, so please leave these questions after the banquet! ”

Anyway, she was very satisfied with Princess Helen's performance, and the only regret was that she was from a lower background, but it was her niece, so she didn't care about it.

"Yes, Mother!" Franz laughed

Anyway, the mother's face still has to be given. Franz invited the two little cousins to dance once, and then asked them out to talk about life.

In fact, nothing was done, and Franz simply did not like to attend such aristocratic banquets. Being surrounded by people every day and patting on the back will get tired of it after a long time.

Next, in the Vienna Palace, there are two more little Lori.