Struggle in Russia

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Last time the book said that Menshkov asked Prussia and the Austrian Embassy to help inquire about the news, so did he succeed?

Uh…

Let’s put it this way, you say he succeeded. It is because the Austrian and Prussian embassies agreed to help.

But you have to say it is really useful, right? That’s not necessarily true.

why?

The reason is that the Holy League has existed in name only. Because of the relationship between the Hungarian Revolution, the relationship between Austria and Russia is actually not good, and it has long been at odds with each other. As for Prussia, because of Russia’s favoritism towards Austria after the European Revolution, they and the big brother are in the same bed and different dreams, and they are no longer in the same mind.

What’s more, Austria itself has great interests in the Balkans, and it has always been very resistant to Russian expansion. Now that Nicholas I is doing tricks in Bulgaria, to be honest, Austria is actually very tired.

It’s just that Russia looks too strong and too powerful. Austria, tossed to the death by the Hungarian Revolution, has not yet recovered its vitality, and has no guts to turn around with the polar bears.

This time I heard that the United Kingdom was taking a hard-line note to Menshkov. In fact, the Austrians were happy in their hearts. He hoped that Britain and Russia would be good at picking up the bargains. How could they really help to inquire about the news.

To put it bluntly, they have dealt with the matter, at best, they are prevarication with a little bit of news that everyone on the street can know.

As for Prussia, I mentioned earlier that they are no longer in the same bed with Russia. They may be a little better than Austria. They will not be particularly perfunctory, but they will not really try to find out the news.

After all, Prussia does not have much interest in the Balkans. Their focus is not in that direction. It is obviously unrealistic to let them post favors to help Russia inquire about intelligence.

Therefore, Menshkov visited around and felt that it would be safe to have this group of friends to help inquire about the news. As everyone knows, this is simply useless work.

From this it can also be seen that he does not have much diplomatic ability, but anyone who is sensitive to the international situation knows that at this time, whether it is Austria or Prussia, he is unreliable. If the Duke of Alexander were here, he would definitely not make such a low-level mistake. He would definitely do everything possible to inquire about the news from various channels, instead of placing all hopes on unreliable allies.

This is the first and most serious mistake Menshkov made. From the beginning, his subjective initiative and international sensitivity were not strong, and he did not realize the seriousness of the problem at all.

Then, he didn’t have much awareness to actively resolve the crisis. He just waited for the news stupidly, letting a group of conspirators who hated Russia in Britain make trouble.

For three days, Menshkov did nothing. But London or the entire United Kingdom has been incited by hatred of Russia. The major British newspapers have spared no effort to exaggerate the aggressiveness of Russia, and they are all pitying how pitiful Turkey is.

In short, Russia is packaged as a fierce bully, while Turkey is a poor little bullied. When the entire British public opinion circle was ruled by this kind of argument, our Prince Menshkov was still leisurely accompanying a few good friends of aristocrats out hunting and playing.

Of course, in Menshkov’s own words, he is actively expanding the relationship and conveying the friendship of the Romanov family to the British royal family.

When the old **** returned to London, he was suddenly shocked to discover that a British mob had thrown rotten eggs on his luxurious carriage with a double transparent eagle emblem. This foolish guy didn’t even know why this was, and even tantrums and scolded Brown. Baron Brunov’s inability to do things even allowed a bunch of untouchables to humiliate Russia.

“Your Excellency, don’t you read the newspaper?” Baron Brown Brunov asked bitterly.

Menshkov asked displeasedly: “What newspaper? I never read those nonsense gossip!”

Baron Brunov sighed again: “I think you’d better take a look at it. The incidents of the Black Sea Fleet made the British very angry and caused a sensation in the ruling and opposition parties. They generally demanded justice for Turkey!”

“Fairness?” Menshkov frowned and snorted: “What are you talking about! How could Christians stand on the side of the heretics? This is definitely something that some young people are doing well. You go to the British Foreign Office. , Let them punish these craps severely!”

Baron Brunov was shocked. He looked at Menshkov like an alien. He didn’t know whether the envoy was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. It took him a long time to see if this man really didn’t understand the twists and turns. To go around, I can only patiently explain:

“Your Excellency, based on my observations, I think it is impossible for the British Foreign Office to agree to your request. Because the British public opinion is very unfavorable to us now, they cannot go against the mainstream public opinion! Even…”

After a short pause, Baron Brunov reminded in a low voice: “It’s not even ruled out that these things are directly directed by the British Foreign Office!”

Menshkov’s muddy eyes were filled with confusion, and he could not understand what Baron Brunov was talking about. Because he felt that the British Foreign Office should serve the British royal family, and the royal family’s attitude towards him has always been good, so the British Foreign Office has no reason to give him eye drops.

In addition, he doesn’t know what the public opinion is, because there is no public opinion in Russia. Even if there is public opinion, it is not important at all. Isn’t it important to make the tsar happy?

So he was very unhappy and taught: “What the **** are you talking about? The current situation is that some unknowingly British mobs are doing the right thing with us. What does it have to do with the British Foreign Office?”

Well, Baron Brunov is completely desperate. He knows that it is impossible to expect to explain the ins and outs of the matter to the old man in a few words, and he does not have this patience. He can only make himself appear as sincere as possible, and then reminded. :

“Your Excellency, I think the most important thing for you now is to defend your Majesty’s defense of the Black Sea Fleet. You can no longer allow these Xiaoxiao to tarnish us. You must take a strong attitude to make these Xiaoxiao shut up, otherwise our troubles will get bigger and bigger. !”

In Baron Brunov’s view, the only way now is to put pressure on the British Foreign Office to force them to calm down. In his opinion, as long as the British are not ready to really turn their faces with them, such pressure will definitely be effective.

What about Menshkov? Although the old **** still didn’t know what role the British Foreign Office played in the incident, he also agreed with the practice of letting the British take care of themselves, because it seemed to him normal…