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Chapter 39, Diplomatic Changes

In St. Petersburg, the Tsarist government, who had realized it later, has also reacted. There is no doubt that someone is going to mess with them.

The Russian Empire in Constantinople, which seemed to be incredible, actually brought hatred to full value.

As losers, Britain and France are unwilling to fail and always want to take revenge. European countries, as melon-eating crowds, are also worried that Russia will be powerful and will threaten its own security.

This was not intentionally or unintentionally driven by everyone, and the current situation was created. Every company leaked a little from the cracks in its nails, and the Polish independent organization became bigger.

In the Winter Palace

Alexander II roared: "When will it be their turn to point fingers in these bastards!"

The diplomatic interference of various countries has aroused the anger of His Majesty the Tsar. They have always interfered in other people's internal affairs. When did anyone dare to interfere in their internal affairs?

As for whether the Polish issue is considered Russia's internal affairs, do you still need to consider this issue? As long as it is occupied by the Tsarist government, it will be Russia's territory. It doesn't matter whether the outside world admits it or not.

No one dared to provoke the angry Tsar. Everyone looked at Alexander II tacitly and vented the anger in his heart.

...

"Have the rebels set out? I want to hang all these traitors!" Alexander II said gritting his teeth.

After hearing Alexander II's inquiry, everyone knew that His Majesty the Tsar had recovered.

Army Minister Matthias replied: "The 100,000 troops to suppress the rebellion have set out from the Baltic Sea and will enter the Polish region the day after tomorrow to suppress the rebellion."

Polish independents were not taken seriously by everyone. If the Russian Empire had been so fragile, they would have been dismembered long ago.

Alexander II continued to ask: "What did the Austrians say? Is there a reasonable explanation?"

Foreign Minister Clarence Ivanov replied: "The Vienna government said it was unaware of these issues. They believed that this was the work of Britain and France and intended to inspire relations between the two countries.

They provided information on some of the insurgents, many of whom were not permanent residents of Austria, but had entered Austria in recent years and had records of serving in the British and French armies.”

There is no doubt that most of these information are forged. In order to get rid of responsibility, the Vienna government does not mind letting Britain and France take the blame. Anyway, it is difficult to find out in this era.

This answer is undoubtedly difficult for the Tsarist government to accept, but they have to accept it. Austria is the only one who supports them among the great powers. We can't turn allies into enemies because of this problem, right?

Alexander II asked angrily: "What about Prussia? Is Britain and France also going to provoke relations between Prussia and Russia?"

Don’t think that he is a pro-Publican faction. In the face of national interests, this position can change at any time.

Foreign Minister Clarence replied: "No, the Berlin government said it was spontaneous behavior of the people and had nothing to do with them.

In order to prevent this from happening later, the Berlin government announced that these people were expelled from their nationality and allowed us to deal with it."

This explanation is more nonsense than the Vienna government's statement. The Berlin government has no choice. They provide greater support to Polish independent organizations and cannot cover it up.

Russia-Austria relations have been very good in recent decades. The Vienna government is a little thick-skinned and just puts the poop on Britain and France, but Prussia is not. The relationship between the two countries was not good, so there was no need to provoke them at all.

Besides, Prussia is preparing to attack Denmark next, and even if the Tsarist government is repaired now, it will be useless.

After pondering for a while, Alexander II connected things together, nothing more than that European countries did not want to see Russia complete reforms and become stronger.

After knowing the truth, Alexander II calmed down.

"No matter what the outside world reacts, the Polish rebellion must be suppressed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to work hard. Looking at the European continent, the European continent has become the enemy of Russia. Where are our allies?

It is impossible to rely on Austria for everything. When one day there is a conflict of interest between the two countries, or the Vienna government feels that this alliance cannot bring them benefits, it will be too late to find a way!"

The Russian Empire needs new allies to change its diplomatic passive state.

"Yes, your majesty." Foreign Minister Clarence replied with a wry smile

It’s not that they don’t work hard, but that Russia really can’t find a suitable allies now. Geopolitics determines that countries on the European continent naturally stand opposite them.

Unless the Tsarist government abandons its European strategy and will never expand in Europe, this kind of conflict is inevitable.

No European country wants to see the Russian Empire continue to grow, and a powerful Russia threatens everyone's survival.

The deterioration of Prussia-Russia relations is not only because of the Denmark issue, but more because of the Tsarist government's desire to expand in Europe, and Franz just pierced this window paper.

Feeling that his own security was threatened, the Prussian Kingdom had to move closer to Britain and France. The growth of the anti-Russian faction was because Russia and Austria divided the sword of Damocles in the Prussian Kingdom.

...

The European continent was unable to break the deadlock, which provided favorable conditions for the United States and Russia to get closer. In the autumn of 1864, the Tsarist government sent a naval fleet to visit the US Federation.

This is not the best choice, but it is the only choice for the Tsarist government and the United States Federation. It is normal for two isolated people to choose to join forces to keep warm.

Franz's butterfly effect only delayed the United States and Russia from the side for two years.

The Tsarist government attempted to use the federal government to disperse the energy of European countries and alleviate their diplomatic pressure on the European continent; while the federal government hoped to obtain Russian support to offset the pressure brought by some great powers.

At the end of 1864, at the critical moment when the American Civil War was about to be decided, the Russians stood on the side of the northern government and injected some kind of augmentation into the federal government that moved the capital to New York.

...

The West Coast of the United States is still in its development stage. Even the famous "California" in later generations is just starting now and is far from keeping up with the East Coast states.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War, the main forces of the federal government's naval forces were concentrated on the East Coast. This was not a biased approach to the Lincoln administration, but was entirely caused by the reality.

In this era, the United States' shipbuilding industry was concentrated on the east coast, while the shipbuilding industry on the west coast was backward and did not have the ability to build warships.

After the civil war broke out, the Federal Navy's warships were never sufficient. The war areas between the north and the south were on the east coast. Due to the intervention of the great powers, the Federal Navy was unable to gain an advantage, so the federal government naturally did not have the ability to send warships to reinforce the West Coast.

Of course, the southern government's navy did not appear on the west coast, and the enemies facing the western coastal states were privateer fleets, in other words, legal pirates.

After the civil war broke out, both the north and the south issued privateing permits to crack down on each other's maritime transportation.

Because there are fewer islands on the west coast of the Pacific and pirates lack supply points, the west coast of the United States is relatively peaceful.

Except for being occasionally attacked by pirates who temporarily caught guest, most of the time stayed away from the threat of war. Until a few months ago, the situation changed and there were suddenly more pirates on the West Coast.

The rampant pirates once captured the Channel Islands dozens of miles away in California, and often attacked coastal ports, causing miserable states on the West Coast.

Everyone knows that the pirates' base camp is in the Mexican Empire. The two countries have long been deeply hatred, and there is no problem with the Mexican government causing them trouble at this time.

Don’t think about eliminating pirates. The federal government has fought hard in the civil war. If it provokes foreign wars, it will be difficult to keep.

No matter how weak Mexico is, it is not something that several states on the West Coast can eat. Apart from diplomatic protests, the federal government can do very little.

Against this background, the Russian Far East Fleet visited San Francisco and killed a pirate ship. The Russian fleet was immediately warmly welcomed by the California people who were threatened by pirates.

Major General Popov, who was originally intended to build a relationship, was praised for his promise to fight the pirates after a few glasses of wine.

The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

Not only Americans attended the banquet, but ministers from various countries in California also appeared at the banquet. Although everyone was suspected of being sluggish in the civil war, Americans still had to abide by diplomatic etiquette.

After the banquet, British representatives appeared at the Austrian Embassy in California.

"Carter, don't you think the Russians are too arrogant? Just these few broken ships are going to attack pirates. I think it's almost the same to fight for pirates!" British representative Rhodes tentatively said.

The Russian Far East Fleet didn't have a few ships, not to mention that it was just a part of them, so it was no wonder that they could not beat pirates. After all, this was not an ordinary pirate.

If someone is interested in investigating, you will find that these pirates come from the South and Indian Ocean regions. They appear on the west coast and must have been manipulated by someone.

The main reason for this situation is because of interests. Pirates also need to sell stolen goods, so there are naturally interests here.

Perhaps many people think that pirates who are earned for nothing are profitable industries, but in fact, mastering the stolen goods and selling strongholds is a real profitable one.

For the same product, if you enter the selling point, the price is only three or four floors at most. The one who earns the best profit will never be the pirates, but the behind-the-scenes selling channels.

It is obviously not that simple to open up such a channel in Mexico. If there were no protective umbrellas, they would have been wiped out by the navies of various countries long ago.

There is no doubt that Rhodes was pulled into the water. The Russians wanted to attack the pirates, but they were cutting off his financial path.

The test of Austria's attitude is nothing more than worrying that the Austrian fleet in Central America will stand up for the Russians. We cannot kill the Russians just before, but it caused even greater trouble.

Austrian representative Carter cooperated and said: "There is no way. Perhaps the Russians have always been so arrogant. Perhaps they still want to make a fortune by attacking pirates.

You know, the pirates have robbed the goods in recent months to tens of millions of dollars, and even if only one tenth of them are left, it will be a huge sum of money."

Just say that it’s easy to do things with money. As long as the interests are in place, even if the Russian fleet is wiped out, it doesn’t matter.

It is true that Russia and Austria are allies, but it does not mean that there is no conflict in the interests of Russia and Austria. For example, now: Austria supports the southern government and the Russians support the northern government, the two sides are on the opposite side.

This happened, in order to avoid affecting the relationship between the two countries, we naturally had to avoid each other. Carter and the Russian representative had no contact with each other except for a courteous greeting.

In fact, this also shows the position that Russia cannot obtain Austria's help on the American issue.

The British attack on the Russian fleet was not just as simple as it seemed. In private, it was because of personal interests; in official matters, it was to destroy the Russians' arrogance.

When the fleet went out to attack the pirates, they were killed by the pirates. Once this happens, the Tsarist government will be ridiculed for at least twenty years.

The diplomatic support the Russians brought to the northern government will be lost all of this.
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