Warm sunlight filtered into the room through the cracks in the curtains. It was already 7:30 in the morning.

Today is a rare good day, the sun is shining, although there is no spring breeze, but there is still a warm sunshine on the banks of the Seine. As a Pole who has lived in St. Petersburg for a long time, Adam Jerzy Czartorysky is very fond of the warmth and sunshine of winter.

Czartoreski walked to the window and opened the curtains, the bright sunlight making his eyes a little uncomfortable for a moment. He squinted his eyes and looked out the window, the street was deserted, and there were more policemen patrolling than pedestrians.

This is the heart of Paris, a private hotel very close to the Imperial Military Academy, a few streets away. It is a very short but prestigious school, and its comprehensive Chinese teaching has made this university the first military school in Europe by countless people during the heyday of Napoleon.

Even now, if you want to list the most famous military schools in Europe, it will inevitably be a top three school.

As a Pole working for the Russian government, Czartorysky was lucky not to have been shot, let alone actually assassinated. He came to Paris secretly from St. Petersburg, at least now he is safe. Whether it was on his way to Paris from St. Petersburg, or his secret contact with the French government after his arrival in Paris, he at least did not encounter those terrible Assassins.

Seriously, Czartoryski couldn't believe that after the collapse of Poland in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, such a sharp assassin organization would emerge from the remnants of the party. They used suicide attacks and human bombs, with iron and blood, to make a name for themselves in Europe in less than a year.

Even Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, who had been appointed commander-in-chief of the Polish armed forces by Emperor Alexander I and exercised the duties of governor-general, was assassinated by that organization, and on that day the thirty guards of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich were killed and wounded two-thirds of them, and even the Grand Duke himself was hit in the shoulder by a shrapnel.

Czartoresky came to Paris on a French cargo ship that left the port of St. Petersburg, and to be honest, he really didn't dare to take the public route, although the other party had just 'got ahead' for less than a year, but the deterrent power was really violent.

It is easy to blow up and bomb at every turn, but the social control in Europe is lax, and no matter which city it is, a large number of gunpowder raw materials can be easily collected. Muskets needless to say.

Czartorysky is still a Pole, and he is really afraid that after his identity is exposed, he will be tirelessly pursued by the other party.

This is a necessary concern, after all, for the vast majority of people, traitors are more hateful than enemies.

Moreover, Paris was the place of exile of many independents after the collapse of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.

Yes, Napoleon put Poniatowski under house arrest. But in the ranks of the French army, the Polish regiment still existed. Without Poniatowski, the Polish prince, and the spiritual leader of Polish Colonel Tadeusz Kosciuszko. This was Poniatowski's deputy and a founding member of the Polish Republican Association, which had existed for more than a decade. Then there was Jan Henrik Dombrovsky, the leader of the army who was second only to Poniatowsky, who was an outstanding cavalry general. The Polish cavalry under his leadership could often easily crush the Cossacks.

Napoleon was very kind to Poniatowski, and it seemed that he was under house arrest, but Poniatowski could not leave the estate where he was placed under house arrest, and he could meet with Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Jan Henrik Dombrowski, and with representatives of the officers and soldiers of the Polish Legion.

He was canonized as a marshal by Napoleon, the twenty-sixth marshal of Napoleon, and all the bounty and annuity were dedicated to the Polish Republican Association. The strength of the Poles in Paris was not trivial.

Czartoryski was willing to bet that if he had come to Paris publicly as an envoy of Alexander I, he would have become the Assassins' first target.

As a close friend of Alexander I, he served as a royal advisor to the Russian government and de facto minister of foreign affairs, and he was almost blacklisted by the Assassin Order. Fortunately, although for a time Czartorysky was in real control of Russian diplomacy, he persuaded Alexander I to abandon his friendship with France and instead allied himself with Great Britain and participated in the two wars against France in 1805 and 1806, but he was only a diplomatic adviser to Russia in name.

In the Third War of the Anti-French Alliance, Czartorysky was one of the important promoters.

From 1804 onwards, as a diplomatic adviser, he effectively controlled the diplomacy of Russia as a whole. His first act was to actively oppose the assassination of Louis Antoine, Duke of Anghien [Prince of Condé of France], when the French royalists failed to assassinate Napoleon, Napoleon ordered the arrest of his henchmen, and sent troops out of the country, kidnapping Louis Anton-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, Duke of Danggan, the probable heir of Louis Anton-Henri de Bourbon-Condé [son of the ninth Prince of Condé], and was executed on the way, thus shattering all hopes of reconciliation between Napoleon and the Bourbon royal family. Czartores immediately announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the French Revolutionary Government. In June, the French minister, Gabriel Marie Joseph, Count of Eduville, left St. Petersburg; In August, a letter dictated by Czartorysky to Alexander I was sent to the Russian minister in London, urging Britain to form an anti-French alliance. The framework of this anti-French alliance was also established by Czartorysky. At the congress on November 6, 1804, Russia agreed to send 115,000 troops and Austria to 235,000 troops to counter Napoleon.

Finally, in April 1805, he signed a military alliance agreement with George III, and Russia and Britain formed a military alliance.

It was also in the same year that Czartoryski completed the most outstanding work of his political career, the memorandum drawn up at the 1805 Conference, which was not further dated except to indicate the year, and which was intended to change the political map of Europe: Austria and Prussia divided the whole of Germany equally. Russia received the Ottoman Dardanelles, the Marmora Sea, the Bosphorus and Constantinople [Istanbul] and the island of Corfu. Austria acquired Bosnia, Wallachia, and Ragusa. Montenegro received Mostar and the Ionian Islands and became an independent state. Austria and Prussia agreed to the independence of Poland if they acquired the territory of Germany, which stretched from Danzig (Gdansk) in the north to the source of the Vistula River in the south, under Russian protection.

At that time, this plan was able to ensure the restoration of Poland under the greatest conditions. So in a way, Czartoryski still has a lot of affection for Poland.

It was this memo that earned Czartoryski a certain reputation in Poland, and then the Assassin organization that was actually led by Chen Han's military intelligence bureau did not handle him and blacklisted. Moreover, the estates and lands of Czartorysky in Poland were exchanged to the Czartorysky brothers as early as when Catherine II died of illness, and they were actually the leading figures among the pro-Russian and Russian nobles in Poland.

But Czartorysky dared to pack the ticket, if he dared to do things for the Russians openly this time, he would definitely not live in peace.

He was no longer a favorite and close friend of Alexander I. In 1805, in his capacity as Chancellor, Czartorysky accompanied Alexander I on his visit to Berlin and Olmitz (in Moravia). He regarded his visit to Berlin as a mistake, mainly because he did not trust Prussia; But Alexander I ignored his objections, and in February 1807 Czartoryski fell out of favor and was replaced by Andrei Budberg.

However, although no longer a minister, Czartorysky gained the personal trust of Alexander I, and in 1810 the Tsar confessed to Czartorysky that his policy in 1805 was wrong, but Czartores failed to seize the moment properly.

In the same year, Czartorysky left St. Petersburg; His relationship with Alexander I was not as good as it had been. The two friends met briefly in Kališ (in Poland) before the Armistice of 1813, and Czartoryski re-emerged as a member of the Tsar's chamberlain during the 1814 Anglo-French confluence and was a major contributor to the Congress of Vienna. But he and Alexander I could never go back to what they were.

When he arrived in Paris as the Tsar's envoy, Czartorysky felt that his safety was still well assured. No matter how powerful the Assassin Order is, two countries, whether it is Russia or France, will do their best to ensure his safety. Even if you are assassinated and shot, you don't necessarily get hurt.

But, but what about after this incident? After the envoy's mission was completed, Czartorysky could not guarantee that he would still have so much protection. Just like this hotel now, the rooms on the upper and lower sides are all booked, as well as the opposite and downstairs, which is all-round protection. But then he can still enjoy this high-spec protection code?

The answer is self-evident.

Besides, once Czartores is blacklisted, his relatives will suffer. For example, his younger brother.

Chartorysky has a younger brother, a younger brother. After the Third Partition of Poland, the family estate of Czartorysky was confiscated, and in May 1795, Adam and his brother Konstantin were summoned to St. Petersburg. The brothers were ordered to serve in Russia, Adam became a cavalry officer, and Konstantin became a guards infantryman.

To this day, his younger brother Konstantin still served in the Polish army under Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich.

Unless the Czartoresky family [along with their brothers] were willing to live in seclusion before the Assassin Order was destroyed, the Czartores family's troubles would surely come one after another.

The Assassins' raids and assassinations would be like the birds on the Chártoreski family estate, bombarding them indiscriminately. There was no doubt that the appearance of the Assassin Order had brought Chartorysky to a new acquaintance with the Poles, nay, the whole of Europe. No one dares to ignore their deterrent.

Now the independent organizations in Ireland are evolving in this direction, and the independent elements in Finland and Italy are learning from Poland.

When the governments of the whole of Europe were twisting into a rope, the collisions in various places also crackled.

Now that the Russian ambassador to France is trying to persuade Czartorysky to finish his work as soon as possible and leave Paris as soon as possible, the energy of the Poles in Paris is really not to be underestimated. But Czartoryski has been dragging his feet until now, not because he is unwilling to leave Paris, but because he has not yet completed his mission.

Russia and France have a deep enmity. The previous series of deals only ended the war between the two sides, but it did not say that the two sides restored all their previous friendship. The Franco-Russian war lasted for half a year, and Russia suffered heavy losses.

Although after the merger of Britain and France, France and Russia also normalized diplomatic relations and sent foreign envoys to each other, the gap between the two countries is still as deep as the Mariana Trench.

The purpose of Czartoresky's trip was to deepen friendship with France, put aside past unpleasantness, and face the threat of the Eastern world together.

Alexander I knew very well that the coming year's war would be a serious test for him, and that if he failed his exams, he would have fun. Who can Russia count on at this juncture?

In addition to hugging London's thighs, we can only hope that the French can be more powerful in North America.

The Chinese are enemies on two sides, two battlefields, and a Pacific Ocean in between. If Napoleon could add 50,000 troops to North America, it would be more effective for containing China than the British could add 100,000 troops to Russia.

It can be said that Russia was forced to do so. Alexander I made a choice of desperation.

Czartorysky's mission was not difficult to complete, and France and Russia hit it off in this matter. So before Caltoryski arrived in Paris, France and Russia announced at the same time that they would raise each other's diplomatic ranks, from the previous ministers to ambassadors. And it was precisely this announcement that caused discontent among the Poles in France.

Just a few days after his arrival in Paris, Czartoryski experienced several heart-wrenching demonstrations.

Huge crowds of Poles, and even some Polish soldiers, took to the streets to protest against France's 'broken reunion' with Russia. They have a sense of betrayal in their hearts.

The Polish soldiers were very restrained, did not pick up their guns, but walked out into the streets empty-handed. But this put a lot of pressure on Napoleon's government. After the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, the Polish army has always been the main battle force under Napoleon, with a tenacious will to fight and loyalty to Napoleon. Even after the defeat in the war against Russia, a large number of Polish soldiers continued to follow Napoleon, including generals such as Poniatowski and Dombrowski, and stubbornly won the victory in the Sixth War against France.

Napoleon didn't want to lose this army, and he didn't want to change his image as a politician. So after he put Poniatowski under house arrest and completed a series of negotiations, he immediately opened the restrictions on Poniatowski, although it was limited, but it already showed his attitude.

The protests of the Poles put pressure on the Napoleonic government, as well as on Czartorysky Alexander. He came to Paris with a small task, which was to obtain as much information as possible from the French government on Polish independence.

Although St. Petersburg received some information about Polish independence elements from Paris at the time of the armistice between Russia and France and the merger of Britain and France, St. Petersburg believed that the French must still have more classified information about independence elements, and did not confess.

In fact, the French do have some in their hands, which is human nature.

The presence of the Polish Assassin Order was already uncomfortable for the Russians, and they naturally wanted to annihilate it. Of course, this is only a small molecule in the main task of Czartoresky.