Chapter 15 The decision to lock down the country that made Bestutev worry [2/10]
Bestudev spoke eloquently, and when he heard the secret that Johanna was going to be the Queen of Sweden, Vivian was shocked and her hands shook.
She had been following Ekaterina recently, and then she suddenly realized why Ekaterina's mother's temper had become so good. It turned out that there was a throne waiting for her.
Peter and Bestudev both glanced at her, and Vivian shrank up, recording with trepidation.
Peter listened quietly, with an indifferent expression. When Bestudev stopped, he knocked on the table gently, and the sound echoed in the quiet conference room palace.
Peter's first words made Bestutev happy!
He opened his mouth and said:
"Suppress Prussia, yes."
Then he slowly said:
"Unite Austria and Saxony, yes."
"Support Johanna, help her gain a foothold in Sweden, and directly control Sweden, but..."
"We can maintain peace with the Ottomans for the time being."
"Now is not the time to launch a war against the Polish-Lithuanian Federation. Don't reveal any intentions for the time being. This is not our first war target and will cause a chain reaction."
"As for the UK and France, just keep it ambiguous for now."
What Peter did not say was that in Bestutev's plan United Britain would go bankrupt.
Because Queen Anne of England died without heirs in 1714, George I was the German candidate for Hanover at the time. He inherited the British throne according to the law of succession.
The current British King George II is also a candidate for Hanover.
Although the British dislike Hanover very much and regard it as a hindrance, both father and son have a soft spot for their hometown.
Hanover is located next to Berlin, the capital of Prussia. In order to ensure that Frederick would not annex this Longxing land, the British sent an ambassador to Frederick first to sign a non-aggression treaty with him.
Frederick refused.
With no choice, Britain had no choice but to send an ambassador to Russia, find Bestudev, who was very powerful at the time, and try to sign a clause that would allow the Russians to send troops to protect Hanover.
With the efforts of the British ambassador, the two parties had signed a secret draft, but unexpectedly the news was leaked, and Frederick was shocked.
He was hostile to Theresa and did not want Russia to send troops, otherwise he would not be able to sleep well.
So he immediately contacted the United Kingdom and expressed his agreement to the British request.
As soon as Frederick agreed, since it was the country closest to Hanover and pursued military imperialism, Britain immediately let go of Russia and sent them to negotiate a separate peace with Prussia.
As soon as the two countries formed an alliance, France was immediately furious.
France and Prussia were originally allies in the War of Austrian Succession, but France and Britain were sworn enemies.
One is a continental power, and the other is a maritime hegemon. To rule the world, there must be a fight to the death!
France considered Prussia's alliance with England a betrayal of their alliance in the War of Succession.
Since Prussia betrayed, it also betrayed and declared an alliance with Austria, Prussia's mortal enemy.
Russia was let go, and Frederick was slandering Empress Elizabeth and the Empress of Rome, and was already an ally with Austria during the War of Austrian Succession.
Decisively, France, Austria and Russia allied.
Three waves attacked Prussia together, starting the Seven Years' War.
If Peter III hadn't stabbed Peter III in the back at the last moment, Frederick would have been finished.
All in all, in the original history, the reason for the failure of the alliance between Britain and Russia was Hanover.
But none of this has happened yet, and he has become emperor so early and plans to carry out policies that are in line with Russia's national conditions. Who knows that it will not develop like this in the future.
Everything is planned and cannot keep up with changes.
So Peter said to remain ambiguous about Britain and France.
As the emperor agreed one by one, Bestudev couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he was a little puzzled when he heard that his majesty said that he would maintain an ambiguous attitude between Britain and France.
Peter glanced at Bestudev, thought for a moment and said:
"The relations with other countries will be as you just said. As for Britain and France, you can decide for yourself. But no matter how you decide, your time is limited. At a certain period, I may have to close the country and only open certain treaty ports. You
Pay attention."
"Also, from now on, foreigners among officials must be secretly eliminated. What I mean by elimination does not mean killing, nor does it mean expulsion in an obvious way. We should find excuses to lower their official status, suppress them to the margins, and make them insignificant. When the country is locked down,
Either drive them away directly, or build a separate place for them to live in the country and keep them in isolation."
Hearing what the emperor said, Bestudev was simply stunned.
Vivian is also a bit silly.
Bestudev was first shocked that the emperor gave him such great power. When the emperor was the crown prince, he ignored him at all and was even hostile.
But His Majesty trusts him so much?
In addition to seizing the country, Bestudev felt that this decision was too big and too hasty. There was no analysis of the impact on Russia. It seemed that the decision was just made by His Majesty. There was a clear gap between this decision and His Majesty's previous performance.
Bestudev was about to advise him to make this decision carefully, when Peter waved his hand and said:
"I've finished what I want to say, let's do this now."
Peter ignored Bestudev, looked at Vivian and said:
"Have you finished remembering it?"
Vivian immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I've finished memorizing it."
Peter took it over and took a look, then smiled and said:
"good."
With Vivian's happy expression, Peter glanced at Bestudev and said:
"Deputy Minister of General Affairs, from now on you will be a powerful minister in Russia for a while. I hope you can attract enough attention. I wish you good luck!"
After saying that, Peter took Vivian and left.
Bestudev was stunned on the spot, unable to recover.
Then he took a deep breath, the powerful minister?
He was not worried that he would become the second Menshikov, but he was really worried about the seclusion policy that the emperor just mentioned.
I have never heard of any country using this kind of policy.
As for the elimination of foreigners among Russian officials, he had no objection to this, but Russia was relatively short of talents.
But I believe that with him and Vorontsov here, we can still live stably.
The only thing that is too uncertain is the lockdown.
And His Majesty asked him to attract attention, but he didn’t know what he was planning?
Bestudev sighed worriedly and walked out of the conference room.
Peter was already walking in the corridor of the palace. He walked in front with his head held high, and Vivian walked behind. Only the sound of the emperor's walking was left in the splendid passage. Wherever he passed, all the maids bowed their heads.
Peter was also thinking about the decision to lock down the country.