Between nations "there are only permanent interests, and no permanent enemies." "Directly explained the essence of international diplomacy, this is not just Britain and Austria, which were still in trouble for the war in the Near East, but in the blink of an eye began to hook up again.

This is not excessive, Britain and Austria are still allies, even if they often have unpleasant quarrels, it does not affect everyone to have fun together.

If anyone knew that Prussia and Russia had made secret contacts, it would certainly cause an uproar. Now the Russians are ready to seek revenge on the Kingdom of Prussia; And the Kingdom of Prussia was about the same, always preparing for war.

However, nothing is impossible in front of interests, and even during the Russo-Prussian War, the private ties between the two countries were never broken.

After trying to persuade the Viennese government to send troops to interfere in the election of the Polish throne, the tsarist government knew that things were in trouble.

Alexander II was not a simple person, and decisively chose to abandon hatred for the time being, and use this incident to seek the best interests of the Russian Empire.

An old man dressed in rich clothes said coldly: "Your Excellency, what are you considering, as long as your country is willing to agree to the previous conditions, we will acquiesce in your annexation of Poland." ”

The middle-aged man sitting across from him shook his head unmoved: "This is not for us to annex Poland, but for the two countries to divide Poland." Your country is so big that it has taken half of Poland directly.

How do we say yes? If it gets out, the Polish people will not be in turmoil. Moreover, we are not prepared to annex Poland, and this election is only to respect the will of the Polish people. ”

If there are acquaintances, you will find that the two negotiators are Mikhail, the former Minister of the Interior of the Russian Empire, and Ron, the former Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The two enemies actually sat together and calmly discussed the partition of Poland, and if this was said, it is estimated that no one would believe it.

Mikhail rolled his eyes disdainfully, Prussia had no ambition to annex Poland, it was enough to fool the ordinary people in the outside world, and did he want to hide from the enemies who knew each other the most?

A large group of people in Poland supported Wilhelm I as king, and a large part of the reason was forced out by the Russians.

In the last war, the Kingdom of Poland was the main battlefield, and it was directly beaten into ruins, and the economic losses were counted, and the key is that the losses of young and strong people exceeded 800,000.

This led directly to the weakening of the Kingdom of Poland after the war. At present, Ukrainians in the country actually account for nearly one-third, and the Poles, as the main ethnic group, have suffered heavy losses due to the war, and the population of the main ethnic group has also experienced negative growth.

Of course, this has something to do with Poland's poor economy. Especially after the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, there was a serious exodus from Poland. In order to survive, many people went to Prussia and Austria to beg for a living.

Most of them were women, either voluntarily or by deception, and the underground trade in Poland flourished during this period. A large number of young women were sent overseas by unscrupulous capitalists to engage in the leather and meat business.

In this case, the Polish government has repeatedly cracked down, but it still has little effect. Where there is demand, there is a market, and in the face of survival, dignity is not worth mentioning.

It just so happened that the tsarist government had completed the initial social reforms, and seeing that the enemy next door had regained its strength, the vested interests in Poland were anxious.

Once the Russians fought back, everything was gone for them. The barefoot became shoe-wearing, and political positions were inevitably affected.

The Prussians proposed the strongest alliance between the two monarchs, and many people were tempted, and they subconsciously ignored the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland.

This is determined by interests, even if the Kingdom of Prussia annexes Poland, the Berlin government will still have to pay the price to win them over, which is much better than the tsarist government that wants to cut off their heads.

The choice of interest groups directly affected the entire Polish society, and everyone never mentioned the fact that Prussia wanted to annex Poland and Russia, and limited their propaganda to the republican alliance.

The republican system, this thing is very familiar to the Poles, and the ancestors have played with it, and the people's acceptance is still very high.

There is now a media campaign claiming that the Kingdom of Prussia is also part of Poland. The old affair of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was once subjugated under the Polish flag, has been revealed, which greatly satisfies the vanity of the people.

It will not be obvious in the short term, and perhaps after a long time, the Poles will regard the Kingdom of Prussia as their own, and the obstacles to the union of the two countries will no longer exist.

Wilhelm I dared to fight Poland, and it was not just ambition, a large part of the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia was the old Polish land, but the people above it were Germanized.

What's more critical is that now that the German region has been targeted by Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia cannot win at all, and the best option is to annex the Kingdom of Poland and change the vest to the market.

In recent years, the Kingdom of Prussia has ceased to regard itself as a German state, which is a change in national policy.

This path was not chosen by William I, it was the Junker nobles who made this decision. can be the master of their own house, who wants to be a little brother?

The HRE Empire is good, but it is not their turn to take power, Austria is too large, even if the Kingdom of Prussia joins it, it will quickly be diluted and slowly swallowed up.

In this case, it is better to change the choice and re-open a world, and Poland happened to appear in this situation.

After opening the history books and searching, they soon found the connection between Prussia and Poland, and the legal rationale of the unification of the Kingdom of Poland with the Kingdom of Prussia also came out.

Of course, the relationship is far away. The so-called legal rationality is also what they think is legitimate, and the outside world will definitely not recognize it.

This led to the struggle for the Polish throne, which, according to the Prussian plan, was to first promote the two countries to be a co-monarch, then to form a federal empire, and then to annex and merge.

The plan was clear, William I was just a trader pushed by the Junker aristocracy, seemingly in a high position, but not against the interests of the class.

Mikhail: "Your Excellency, this joke is not funny. If you don't want to annex Poland, then we don't need to talk about it.

Perhaps it would be a good choice to carve up Poland among the three again. I'm curious to wait for Austria to join in, I wonder what your Congress thinks? ”

Ron's face changed drastically, and he invited Austria to unite and carve up the Kingdom of Poland, so even if Prussia could annex Poland, it would be a reduced version, and it was unknown whether it could even get the maximum benefit.

This is a world that speaks with fists, and if the Russians really had conspired with Austria, no one would be able to stop them now.

As if sensing Mikhail's insincerity, Ron quickly reacted that the Russians would not easily invite Austria in.

You must know that the territory of the Kingdom of Poland was previously the territory of the Russian Empire, and if it fell into the hands of the Kingdom of Poland or the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russians would have a chance to take it back.

If it fell into Austrian hands, it would be a permanent loss in the current situation. This is determined by the strength of both sides, and it is not changed by the will of the individual.

"Your Excellency Mikhail, if your country had really been willing to invite Austria to divide the Kingdom of Poland, you would not have lost the last war.

The price you were unwilling to pay at the beginning, are you sure that St. Petersburg will agree?

Moreover, today's Austria is not the Austria of the past. Believe it or not, with the Austrians involved, the Vienna government would have eaten most of the Kingdom of Poland in one bite.

At that point, we don't have to worry about a war between the two countries in the future, let's all tremble in the shadow of the Austrians!

Don't forget that the Kingdom of Prussia was once one of the states of the Holy Roman Empire, and if we were willing to go back, the Vienna government would welcome it.

Your country will be miserable, don't look at the fact that Russia and Austria are allies now, once the German region is reunified, Austria will be the new European hegemon, and your country, as the former hegemon, is destined to be suppressed. ”

This is a conspiracy, how could the Russians not have an idea about the rise of Austria? If Russian-Austrian relations were really so strong, after the collapse of the hegemon, the tsarist government would directly push Austria to the throne.

Obviously, this is impossible, the Russians do not want to see Austria grow stronger, even if they fall into a weakened state, they will pull Austria back intentionally or unintentionally.

It is impossible to hide this small action from the Vienna government, but Franz has little interest in the hegemony of the European continent, and it has become shared by all countries, to be precise, France and Austria jointly divided, and Britain, Prussia and Russia each have a part of the right to speak.

Just think about the dirty things between Russia and Austria over the years, Mikhail wants to cry without tears. If history could repeat itself, he would have stopped the small actions of the tsarist government.

It didn't do anything real except to worsen relations between the two countries, but they did it. You do the first year of junior high school, I do the fifteenth, once the valve of pit teammates is opened, it will be out of control.

In this context, once Austria grows bigger, it is almost inevitable that the Russian Empire will be suppressed in the future. From the point of view of the tsarist government, it was better for the French to become the hegemon of Europe than for Austria to become the hegemon of the European continent.

The tsarist government was too late to suppress Austria's development, so how could Austria continue to grow?

Even Ron's threat to join the HRE was ignored by Mikhail. This certainly won't happen now, and not necessarily in the future.

If the Kingdom of Prussia is defeated in the next war, it is very likely that it will join Austria in order to protect its own interests.

Ron probably couldn't have imagined that simply sowing discord would make Mikhail think so much.

Joining the HRE is not so simple to say, unless the mountains and rivers are exhausted, otherwise this kind of thing will not happen at all.

Austria is not a vegetarian either, and it would be strange if the Kingdom of Prussia was sent to the door and not be slaughtered. It was not possible to directly abolish the kingdom and become a province directly under the central government.

Don't think that the Austrians can't do it, what discipline do you want in front of interests? For the sake of its own dominance over the HRE Empire, it was normal to split the Kingdom of Prussia.