It can only be said that Mazzini had not suffered enough from France and did not know the power of imperialism. He had naive illusions and simple love for France. This is also related to the beginning of his revolutionary career. As a child, he was deeply affected by
Influenced by the French Revolution and Enlightenment ideas, I felt that France, the birthplace of the revolution, was naturally close to me and that I could rely on France.
But this is really too naive. The French Revolution failed, how did Napoleon steal the fruits of the revolution, how did the royalists recover, and how did the Orleans faction come to power?
France's own revolution is not "pure" enough, and exporting revolution has ulterior motives. What's more, pinning hopes on the generosity and friendship of foreign countries is a manifestation of political immaturity.
It can only be said that Mazzini was not a mature politician yet, but looking at his life, he seemed to have never been able to realize that he was immature. He was not completely revolutionary, let alone aware of the power of the masses. He was always in the revolution.
and the constant swinging of compromises.
As for Garibaldi, although he was very great and made outstanding contributions, in the history of the Italian unification movement he was more like a thug and a warrior. He always submitted and blindly obeyed, and rarely had an independent side of his own. This happened in 1848
The performance is particularly outstanding.
Therefore, neither he nor Mazzini was aware of the danger in France and how prescient Cavour was.
Of course, this does not mean that Cavour is more brilliant and greater than Mazzini and Garibaldi. If only from the perspective of greatness, he is not even as good as the first two, because the first two are more ideal, and their ideals are also
Greater.
Cavour is more realistic. He serves reality more and seeks the path to the Italian unification movement from reality. Therefore, he is not completely revolutionary. He will choose partners to cooperate with and realize his goals more realistically.
ideal.
"France has to be on guard!" Cavour said calmly, "I don't think they will be particularly friendly to Italian reunification. All factors that are detrimental to Italian reunification must be fully considered, and all dangerous factors must be taken into account. We must not let
All 'accidents' interfere with our actions!"
No matter how much Mazzini did not understand, Cavour made a decisive decision: "We should cooperate more broadly with the international community. Fighting the Austrians and driving them out of the Apennine Peninsula depends on our efforts alone and the kindness of France."
not enough!"
"What's more, France is not kind enough! We must find every way to cause trouble for the French and Austrians. It is best to have another behemoth to distract them! I think Russia is a very good option!"
"Why?" Garibaldi asked, "Are we going to cooperate with the savage and tyrannical polar bear?"
Cavour smiled slightly and said: "I didn't say that I wanted to cooperate with the Russians. I have always said that we must find a way to make the Russians cause trouble for the French and Austrians!"
Garibaldi blurted out: "How is this possible? Although Nicholas I is crazy, he is not stupid! What's more, Austria is an ally of the Holy Alliance, how could he attack his own allies!"
Cavour smiled and said: "You still don't understand Russia too well, and you don't understand Nicholas I too well. Some of my Russian friends told me: Nicholas I was a religious maniac and an out-and-out extremist. He
I always have some crazy imagination in my mind: I think I am the spokesperson of Christ in the world, the guardian of the Holy Land, and the practitioner of Christ’s will in the world!”
"He will defend his beliefs crazily! And this time it's not just a matter of belief! It's also about Russia's vital interests!"
Cavour's eyes showed infinite disgust for Russia and Nicholas I. He said disdainfully: "The Russians have always wanted to open the Southern Gate. From Peter the Great to Catherine the Great, they have never thought about it.
Try to seize the entire Black Sea, and then penetrate directly into the Aegean Sea, especially Nicholas I!"
Cavour once again emphatically recited the name of Nicholas I. He said viciously: "This madman is more arrogant than his ancestors. He advocates Pan-Slavism and is preparing to build a Slavic Garden of Eden in the Balkans and the Near East.
!”
Cavour looked into the eyes of Mazzini and Garibaldi and laughed: "Look, this is all crazy talk. He thought that under the banner of Pan-Slavia he could cover up the fact of aggression and greed. He thought
Package shameful aggression as national liberation and jihad! But who can you fool?”
"Balkan Abalkan!" Cavour exclaimed: "That is a complete powder keg! Britain, Austria, France, and Prussia are all watching, especially the top three. The strong intervention of the Russians will inevitably cause a violent conflict.
Bounce!!”
Mazzini fell into deep thought, because he knew that Cavour was right. Nicholas I's ambitions for the Balkans and Turkey were well known to the world. The Russian-Turkish war had been fought eight times, and the polar bear was moving towards Constantine step by step.
The fort moved forward and steadily advanced towards the Mediterranean Sea.
If it weren't for the fact that allowing Russia to grow bigger was not in line with the interests of the great powers in the Balkans and Anatolia, Turkey would have been cut into eight pieces by polar bears. And with Russia pressing closer and closer, Austria is actually quite nervous!
Pan-Slavism is not good to the Austrians at all. The easternmost part of the empire under Austrian rule is home to a wide range of Slavs. It would be very bad if these guys were incited by polar bears.
Today these Yugoslavs can be encouraged by Russia to open fire on Turkey, but will they also be used by the Russians to deal with Austria tomorrow?
This possibility completely exists and is not small at all. Therefore, after the Eighth Russo-Turkish War, Russia instigated the independence of Greece and made Wallachia and Moldavia dependent on Russia.
After the Principality, Austria was actually more wary of Russia than Turkey.
Russia has become the most unstable factor in the region and is an out-and-out regional troublemaker. The Austrians are quite wary of Russia's further strengthening of its influence in the region, and are even more wary of Russia's further expansion in the Balkans under the pretext of dealing with Turkey.
and Turkey’s sphere of influence.
In other words, when it comes to the Balkans issue, Austria and Russia, the allies, are actually at odds with each other. Once Russia makes small moves again, Austria will inevitably react. From this perspective, if Russia can be incited to take action, then Austria's
Attention must be drawn to it.
Mazzini immediately thought: [Looking at it this way, using the Holy Land issue to create public opinion can indeed cause trouble for the Austrians!]