Neserrodie instantly felt desperate. Yes, it was no longer a huge pressure but a complete despair. Because it is still possible to force Turkey to grant Bulgaria autonomy, but forcing Turkey to completely let go of Bulgaria is impossible.
Mission accomplished.
Anyway, no matter how hard Neserrode tried, he could not find a way or a way to achieve this goal through peaceful means.
Therefore, the old Prime Minister was sitting on wax, and there was absolutely nothing he could do. He could only sit there blankly, watching Nicholas I talk to other courtiers about the abominations of the pagans and the evils of Bulgaria and other places.
The Christian brothers had suffered so much that he called on his ministers to join him in launching a new holy war to eliminate the damned infidels and regain the Holy City in one fell swoop.
To be honest, this is really an old tune, and now is no longer the Middle Ages of the Crusades. In fact, neither the common people nor the nobles are particularly concerned about holy wars or beliefs.
If you have time to do these things, you might as well think about how to make more money and have more children! Anyway, these things no longer have the power to inspire people, except for extreme religious fanatics like Nicholas I who would
It’s okay, most people just listen and forget about it.
But what makes Neserrodie feel depressed is that although he knows that these things are meaningless to people except Nicholas I, he just can't make Nicholas I understand this. If he
He had the courage to speak out and persuade him, but the result was that he was directly dismissed from his post by Nicholas I and asked to go back to his hometown to farm immediately.
Between returning to his hometown to farm and staying in St. Petersburg, Neserrodie will definitely choose the latter. Even if staying in St. Petersburg is like letting him eat a bunch of pigs, he will eat them with tears.
!
"Your Majesty, can you give me a little more time, um..." After much deliberation, Neserrode finally said to Nicholas I: "This way I can try my best to persuade the Turks and let them understand that you
The will cannot be violated... After all, resorting to force at this time is likely to cause an uproar. Although our military power is second to none in Europe, there are still risks in rashly starting a war."
Neserrodie had tried to put it as tactfully as possible, but Nicholas I still didn't like to hear it. What does it mean to start a war rashly? What does it mean to be risky? He felt that the armies of other European countries were scum. Four years ago,
When the revolution broke out, look at the so-called great powers. Their armies couldn't even defeat a mob. If it hadn't been for his great Nicholas I, these guys would have been cut into pieces by the mob! How could they still be sitting in the palace with fine clothes and fine food?
, just for this reason, they have to carefully consider the consequences of angering him!
Besides, these guys owed him a lot of favors from the last revolutionary movement! Now it’s only natural to use Turkey to pay off the debt!
Neserrodie was speechless again for Nicholas I's arrogance, because in the last revolutionary movement, the European powers did not perform particularly well, but they were not scumbag either. Except for Austria because of nationality, religion, and geography.
In addition to being overwhelmed by the problem and having to ask for help from you, the other powers, although a bit in a hurry, have basically controlled the situation.
As for the performance of your army in the counter-insurgency, is it really good? It took more than a year to complete the half-million-strong army with the full cooperation of Austria. I really can’t say how good it is? How did you give birth to the No. 1 child in the world?
Feeling of one?
At this time Neserrodie really wanted to go up and wake up Nicholas I and tell him to stop living in his fantasy and open his eyes to see the real world!
But Neserrodie still didn't dare. It didn't matter to him whether Nicholas I was daydreaming, as long as he continued to be prime minister. So he patiently persuaded: "Your Majesty,
Having said that, it is more troublesome to really anger them. If you can solve the problem without any blood, it is better to do it without using force! After all, our finances are very tight!"
Money is probably the only obstacle that can prevent Nicholas I from going crazy. As he gets better and better, he spends more and more lavishly. In recent years, in addition to constantly throwing money at military parades, he also
Enjoys building palaces and renovating the Winter Palace.
Anyway, money was flowing like water. Thinking that fighting Turkey would require at least five or six million troops, which would be another astronomical amount of money, Nicholas I restrained the idea of initiating an immediate pacification of Turkey. He was somewhat interested.
He ordered faintly:
"Then I'll do as you say, but it's best to act quickly. My patience is limited!"
The result of this state meeting made Neserrodie really want to cry. He who originally accepted the praise wholeheartedly had to take on a more difficult task. If he could not satisfy Nicholas I as soon as possible, he would
The Prime Minister has really come to an end.
"Send a letter to Vladimir Titov and tell him to re-open negotiations with Turkey, um, raise the demands and ask Turkey to give Bulgaria a higher degree of autonomy!"
When Neserrode announced this decision at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, almost all the diplomats looked at him with wide eyes, because everyone thought that their prime minister was crazy. Because the previous conditions were already bad for Turkey.
It's very harsh, and now I want to ask for more. This is completely hysterical and talking in my sleep!
Neserrodie naturally knew what his subordinates thought of him, but he had nothing to do! Because he said it was easier, because Nicholas I's request was to ensure the complete independence of Bulgaria. If he told these guys this request
They still ascended to heaven standing still!
"Don't be in a daze, take action immediately! We don't have much time, and His Majesty's patience is very limited!"
As he spoke, Neserrode felt irritated. He pulled at his collar, but he still felt out of breath. It was as if an invisible noose had been wrapped around his neck.
The feeling of suffocation made Neserrode upset and angry. He danced helplessly for a while and then he remembered that many people were watching, so he sat upright and pretended that nothing happened.
But this disguise was meaningless, because everyone saw his helplessness, and soon all kinds of rumors spread from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and overnight almost all of St. Petersburg knew that their prime minister had gone crazy.
Count Rostovtsev was extremely satisfied with this: "It seems that Neserrodie's limit has almost reached, we can start the next step!"